Home & Garden Calendar
HOME EVENTS
Furniture Workshop Tours, learn about the history and craft of Hawaiian furniture, tours between 9 a.m. and noon Wednesdays, Martin & MacArthur Workshop and Showroom, 1815 Kahai St.; free. 845-6688.
Feng Shui for the Home, Alan Lum offers tips and recommendations for bringing balance to your home, 9-11 a.m. Nov. 8, Leeward Community College; $25. 455-0477.
GARDEN EVENTS
Vanilla Culture, Doug DeMoss teaches how to grow vanilla beans, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Lyon Arboretum; $20 ($18 members). Register: 988-0456.
Fall Rose show, roses for sale, for viewing and judging from the Honolulu Rose Society, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Windward Mall Center Stage; free admission; also, create your own mini rose bouquet, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., for $3. 545-5653.
Seasonal Candle Wreaths, Melody Fanning shows how to make a holiday wreath using seeds, pods, leaves and other plant parts, 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden; $25 FHBG members, $27 nonmembers, includes supplies. Reservations required: 537-1708.
Organic Farm Tour, visit certified producers of organic coffee, macadamias and avocados, 1 p.m. Saturday; vans leave downtown Kona, Big Island and return at 4 p.m.; $16. Call for reservations and meeting location: (808) 969-7789.
Hawaii Organic Farmers Association meeting, with guest speakers, silent auction and organic pupu buffet, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sunday, Islander Room, King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel, Big Island; $15 includes lunch. (808) 969-7789.
EZ Orchid Growing, principles of watering, fertilizing and propagation of orchids for beginners, taught by Randy Tajima, 9:30 a.m.-noon Nov. 8, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden; $20 FHBG members, $22 nonmembers. Reservations required: 233-7323.
Arbor Day 2003, giveaway of trees and shrubs, beginning 7 a.m. Nov. 8, at the following Hawaiian Electric Co. locations: on Ward Avenue; Urban Garden Center in Pearl City; Kahe power plant in Wai'anae; Ko'olau Baseyard in Kailua; Waimea Valley Audubon Center (formerly Waimea Falls Park); also 9 a.m.-noon, Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Mamalahoa Highway, Kona, Big Island; free while supplies last. HECO O'ahu information: 548-7311; Big Island information: (808) 323-3318.
Send announcements to: Island Life, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; fax 525-8055; or e-mail islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com with "Home & Garden Cal" in the subject line.
