"Group Therapy" w/ Susan Ching, Plant Extinction Prevention Program
Sat, Aug 22
|Pia Valley
Join us in Pia Valley for a special guest talk by Susan Ching, followed by weeding and native outplanting. Susan Ching is the Oʻahu PEPP Coordinator and DOFAW Oʻahu Botanist working to conserve the most threatened and endangered native Hawaiian plants.
Registration opens Aug 01, 2026, 8:00 AM HST
Time & Location
Aug 22, 2026, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM HST
Pia Valley, Pia Valley, Honolulu, HI 96821, USA
About the event
Susan Ching was born and raised on the island of O’ahu and earned a B.S. and M.S. in Botanical Sciences with an emphasis on Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. She was originally part of the PEPP team in 2003-2004 and then came back to join PEPP in 2009. As a lifelong student of the natural history of the Hawaiian Islands, she is thrilled to work with such an amazing team of PEPP-ers.
We will meet at the Niu Valley Shopping Center main parking lot near 7-Eleven
565 Halemaumau St, Honolulu, HI 96821
Parking: We are asking, if possible, to please park at the shopping center and carpool to Anolani Street to minimize traffic, noise, and crowding. Please be respectful to our neighbors, keep voices down, and don't block the turnaround in the cul de sac, their trash bins, or mailboxes.
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