Dane
Team Lead - Production

From Kapahulu, O’ahu, Dane has always had a love for plants. In his years growing up and attending Kamehameha, he worked with a lot of plants and learned different kinds of farming techniques. After school he joined the air force and moved around a lot. Dane soon became homesick, moved home, and got a job at Volcom. Even while working in retail he continued to nurture his longtime love for nature and started his own farming and agriculture work.  “To start something from seed and watch it grow has always been fascinating to me.”

In time, Covid struck the islands and he lost his job at Volcom. Dane and his wife decided to move back to Kaua’i to be with her family.  He secured a position working at the Alekoko (Menehune) fishpond. This involved satisfying restoration work, native plant work, and invasive species removal. The intention was to turn it back into a working fishpond nurturing a fish, bird, and wildlife habitat. However, the organization ran out of funding and so Dane began the search for a new job. He knew he liked working outside and Seascapes was a good change of pace for him.

You’ll find Dane mainly working with the native plants. His work involves collecting seeds even if he’s out hiking and propagating natives by cuttings. Kalo is his favorite all time plant. “There’s so many uses for it and kalo has been in my family for so long.”  Come in and ask him all your question about caring for native plants!