Home & Garden Calendar

Advertiser Staff

HOME EVENTS

Home and garden Workshops, how-to clinics for December at Home Depot stores: "You Can Lay Ceramic Tile," 10 a.m.

Saturdays; "You Can Try Power Tools Before You Buy Them," 2 p.m. Saturday; "You Can Apply Faux Paint Techniques," 2 p.m. Sunday; "You Can Remove and Install Wallpapers & Borders," 7 p.m. Tuesday; all clinics are free. Home Depot stores: Honolulu, 521-7355; Pearl City, 455-1200; Kahului, Maui, (808) 893-7800; and Kona, Big Island, (808) 326-6013; and Lihu'e, Kaua'i (808) 632-2740.

Martin & MacArthur Furniture Workshop Tours, see the factory and learn about the history and tradition of Hawaiian furniture and woodcraft, 9 a.m.-noon weekdays, 1823 Kahai St.; free, but reservations required: 845-6688.

GARDEN EVENTS

SELF-GUIDED GARDEN WALKING TOUR, view more than 50 native Hawaiian and tropical plants and flowers surrounding the Royal Hawaiian Hotel; walking-tour pamphlet at concierge desk. 923-7311.

Medicinal plant tour, showcasing native Hawaiian plants, 1 p.m. Fridays, and Canoe plant tour, showcasing plants brought to Hawai'i during migration, 1 p.m. Wednesdays, Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Captain Cook, Big Island; $5. (808) 323-3318.