1st Annual North Shore Outdoor Circle (NSOC) Workday at Waimea Valley

The NSOC is inviting you to join us and help care for the beautiful Torch Ginger Alley Garden Collection

The NSOC are opening this special event to the public to give them a chance to work and learn with us in this beautiful part of the valley. We will spend the morning in Torch Ginger Alley, a garden collection that the NSOC adopted and maintain through Waimea Valley's adopt-a-garden program. You will work alongside Waimea staff and Outdoor Circle members to protect and maintain the many beautiful Ginger and Heliconia plants in that area. 

This will be a great opportunity to get to know the NSOC a little better, be part of their mission to keep the north shore, "Clean, Green, and Beautiful". You will also have opportunities to connect with Waimea staff and learn how to care for the plants, identify invasive weeds, hear some interesting valley history, and more.

The NSOC adopted this garden through Waimea's adopt-a-garden program and their members have been returning every month to keep the area looking beautiful. This event is your chance to join the fun. It is open to the public, but space is limited so you will need to RSVP to attend. 

The schedule for this volunteer day is:

• 9:00am Volunteers Arrive sign waivers and prepare for the day

• 9:15am Oli protocol and overview with Waimea and the NSOC

• 9:30am Volunteers head up to Torch Ginger Alley

• 11:30am Volunteer project is finished*

*Snacks will be provided after the work and all participants earn free valley admission to explore and learn more about this beautiful and sacred place.

~Work will not be particularly strenuous, but it will be a fair distance from the visitors center to the worksite so be ready for a walk.

~Ages 10 and up preferred

To reduce the risk of Covid, we recommend that everyone who visits here wears a mask in high traffic areas, when you are indoors and if you are not vaccinated, but as we are following state guidelines we do not require masks to be worn. We are also no longer requiring proof of vaccination to be shown for volunteers. We truly appreciate you being part of the effort to reduce the risks faced by our staff, visitors, volunteers and local community. As long as the Covid situation remains steady, we can continue with this current system, but some flexibility might be needed. If there are any cancellations or changes to the group size etc., I will send out an update to the volunteers. I appreciate your willingness to work with the uncertain nature of planning because we truly need the volunteers help here. We thrive with all of your help and aloha.

For more information: 

Visit the volunteers tab on our website --  Waimea Valley Volunteers