The Ohana Garden
Surf‑Connection is not a website, think of it as a living community rooted from our ties with the ocean and the people who choose to show up! Inspired by the great banyan trees of Hawaiʻi, the Ohana Tree grows through the lives of those who came before. A wayward connection.
Seed – propagate
Sprout – Stage of sustainability and stress
Sapling – the formative growth stage
Mature Tree – Reproduction and Mother’s for cloning the next generation
Branches – grow leaves and flowers with new seeds
Leaves – leaves form the canopy that the ohana gather around and under. The canopy protect those in the community
Flowers – bloom and drop onto the soil under the canopy…completing the cycle of nourishing the microbes in the soil to begin the lifecycle again
Roots become the foundation for the trees in the garden as the Ohana Tree Rooting System
Every member begins the same way — from Seed.
From there, roots grow into leaves that help shape the canopy.
Note* ‘Ohana’ is a Hawaiian word, the deep-rooted ancestral ties you will find in communities of native peoples; Irish, Scottish, Mexican, South American, Japanese, Maori, Polynesian/Hawaiian water faring societal nomads or ‘tight kit’ communities to mention a few.
As a haole’, of Irish descent – I understand tradition, lore and the importance elders play in the backstory of my ancestral background and our community.
Think of your Clan and your community as “THOSE YOU “ROLL WITH.” Not merely your immediate family.
mahalo respectfully,
– Tim O’Toole aka ‘Turner’
