About Common Ground
Common Ground is anchored in a working regenerative farm and seeks to foster connections that matter – to the place an its people.
Our 60 acre former guava plantation is steeped in rich history. Learn how we grow our fruits, vegetables and spices in our food forest. Enjoy unique experiences and events that integrate culture and community. Taste outstanding meals with ingredients sourced exclusively from the Hawaiian islands.
Visit Us! We Are Now Open Weekdays 9am-7pm!
Come walk to stone dam, take an immersive morning regenerative agriculture tour or lei workshop, grab coffee or drink from the bar, shop local products, or wrap up the day with 100% locally sourced prix fixe dinner.
Drive slow for our neighbors on Kuawa Rd and will look forward to welcoming you to Common Ground Kauai!
Discover Your Next Experience
Events
We’re always planning something special here at Common Ground Kauai. You can look forward to fresh art installations with Hawaii-based artists, exclusive immersive experiences and dance parties with local DJs. Stay tuned to be the first to get the next invite.
Rent a Venue
Host your next special event here at Common Ground Kauai. Our team is here to make your next private party, corporate retreat, intimate small group dinner or company event special.
From our beautiful outdoor spaces to our spacious Lei tent, we’ll find the perfect location for your party.
Our Sustainable Food Forest
Our connection to the land is core to our mission at Common Ground Kauai. What was once the Guava Kai Plantation has been transformed into a sustainable agroforest.
Agroforestry is the interaction of agriculture and trees on a single piece of land. The trees support the agriculture. The intent is not solely tree production, but a greater food yield and regeneration of the soil. And in our present reality of definite and looming climate change, the practice of agroforestry gives farmers and communities increased resilience and food sovereignty. At Common Ground we are designing a farm that mimics the intricate and interconnected structures of species diversity found in a tropical forest.
Coming Soon
Island to Table Restaurant, Co-working spaces and more beautiful event venues – Stay tuned!
Exclusively Hawaii-Sourced Food
Common Ground’s skilled and passionate culinary team is dedicated to creating one of a kind experiential meals inspired by the Garden Isle. Working with exceptional growers, ranchers, makers and doers, we source our ingredients exclusively from Hawaii. Doing this allows us to offer cuisine that is unique, fresh, delicious and firmly rooted in this place.
The Common Ground Summit
Common Ground Summit is a three-day, invitation-only gathering on the North Shore of Kauai where Connections That Matter take root. 150 leaders, creators, visionaries, and changemakers gather to shape what unfolds together – meaningful conversations, shared values, and bold solutions. Discover what’s possible when we gather on common ground.
The Common Ground Marketplace
Discover some of our favorite products made across the Hawaiian Islands. We feature small batch, locally sourced goods across food, sustainable beauty, eco-conscious fashion and beyond.
Common Ground Artist and Writer Award
The Common Ground Artist and Writer Award supports artists with exceptional talent and remarkable potential.
The winners, nominated by the Common Ground community and selected by a jurist of artists, curators, publishers and authors are invited to a month-long residency at the stunning Common Ground campus on Kauaʻi and receive the broader support of the Common Ground community.
Learn More About Us
A new kind of Hospitality
The Power of Farm-to-Table
Regeneration: Because Sustainable Isn’t Enough
In Awe of Connection
Kauai
To this day, Kaua’i, cut off from its neighbors to the south by the deepest and widest of the main Hawaiian channels, possesses a fierce independence, a resistance to outside influences. The Hawaiian Islands, and especially Kaua’i, seem to have evolved separately from the rest of the world. You can see it in its plants, its animals, its traditions. It is a place removed from a world rife with distractions, where focus turns to the land, to food, to community.