This free family-friendly event (sorry, no dogs in the garden) presents traditional hula dances from 11:00 a.m. to 12 noon featuring dancers from Durango Hula Ohana: Ka Pa Hula I Na Mauna. The troupe’s name translates as 'those who dance and practice hula within the pillars of heaven (mountains).'

A garden stand will offer fresh vegetables, cut flowers, and bare root strawberries and raspberries for a suggested donation, all grown at the community garden without pesticides, herbicides, or chemical fertilizers. Donations benefit OKCG, an entirely volunteer-run community garden.

Visitors are encouraged to tour the garden’s 45 organic garden plots, Permaculture berm with food forest, insectary, herb gardens, composting area, rain catchment barrels and a memorial flower garden. Don Gawlik, leader of the garden maintenance team, offered, 'All our unneeded plant debris is processed into compost to return to our plots and enrich the soil. Composting is an important and ongoing activity all throughout our growing season.' The group's commitment to this process reflects the meaning of the garden’s name: 'Ohana Kuleana' are Hawaiian terms that translate as 'Community Responsibility: we all own each other’s actions.'

Located just below Riverview Elementary School, the school utilizes the garden as a teaching lab for its students during the school year. 'OKCG is more than a community garden -- community groups are using it as an educational resource and gathering place. Our Permaculture berm is becoming home to more and more perennials, and we are adding new features every year. Everyone should take a look at what OK has to offer,' said Chris Paulson, OKCG outreach team member.

Opened in 2013 as a project of The Garden Project of Southwest Colorado, Ohana Kuleana Community Garden envisions healthy, abundant living by promoting organic growing to enhance a supportive community and sustainability for everyone. Located in historic Animas City, once home to dairies and small 'truck farms' where residents sold their produce at local stores, Ohana Kuleana represents a continuation of that neighborhood legacy.