Merwin Conservancy Inc

Arts and ecology programming. This year, through our long standing public program series the green room, we presented the work of several writers and poets during in-person gatherings on maui and oahu. We also offered virtual broadcasts of our green room events with our growing global community. We offered special public programs onsite in the garden, including a reading and a workshop with a few of our writers- and artists-in residence throughout the year, we also opened the garden in intimate, mindful ways to guests during our open garden days.

Residency program: our residency program, launched in late 2021, offers the merwins' home and garden as a sanctuary for writers, artists, and scientists who make new possibilities for language and land across disciplines. Our residents are selected by a committee of nominators working across and between fields. In partnership with the five residents invited during the first and pilot phase of the residency, we refined the residency experience and evolved the house to serve as a site for imagination and practice. In 2024, we hosted 4 residencies, and offered our community opportunities to connect with our residents through public programming.

Continued key repairs & restoration of the merwins' home: as we became stewards of the property, we continued repairs to the two-story home, which is approximately 40 years old, readying the home as the site of our residency and arts and ecology programming.