Posted on: Friday, August 27, 2004
Home & Garden Calendar
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Advertiser Staff
HOME EVENTS
Feng Shui Success Secrets, Diane Alba-Means gives visual presentations and practical tips for creating good fortune through the principles of feng shui, 6-8:30 p.m. today, Gentry Pacific Design Center; $30. 242-1397, diane@hawaiifengshui.com. Home and Garden Workshops, how-to clinics: You Can Lay Outdoor Pavers, 7 p.m. Friday; You Can Install Easy Flooring Solutions, 10 a.m. Saturday; You Can Install a Center Set Faucet, 2 p.m. Saturday; You Can Have Fun with Color and Faux, 2 p.m. Sunday; You Can Use a Drill Press to Build a Mission Table, 7 p.m. Tuesday; all workshops are free at Home Depot stores: Iwilei, 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. Build New or Re-Do, presentation by Doran Chavez on decorative and structural glass and seminar on financing a construction or remodeling project, 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Sam Choy's Diamond Head Restaurant; free. Reservations: 545-2777.
Feng Shui: Do-It-Yourself, learn the rules and tools to improve the flow of energy in your home or business from Alice Inoue, 1-3 p.m. Sept. 4, Honolulu Club event room; $50. 598-2655.
"Homes & Land," TV show displays homes and land for sale in the Islands, noon weekdays on Fox Channel 2 (broadcast) and Channel 3 (Oceanic Cable). 591-2222.
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.
GARDEN EVENTS
Ho'oulu Hou: Growing Plants and Trees for Hula Lei, workshop and demonstration on growing lei plants in the home garden, with presentations by Marie McDonald, Brian Choy and The Honolulu Advertiser's garden columnist, Heidi Bornhorst, 8 a.m.-noon tomorrow, Leeward Community; $10. Registration required: 956-8204. Children's Garden Grand Opening, with crafts, tours of the eight themed gardens, fish pond and hedge maze, door prizes, entertainment and plant and produce sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. tomorrow, Urban Garden Center, Pearl City; free admission. 453-6050.
Garden Nightwalk, explore tropical plants in the moonlight, 6:30-9 p.m. tomorrow, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kane'ohe; free, bring walking shoes, flashlights, raingear and insect repellent. Reservations required: 233-7323. Garden Tours, narrated 45-minute tram tours of the garden's heliconia, ginger, vanilla vines and lychee fruit trees, 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. and 1, 2 and 3 p.m. daily, Senator Fong's Plantation and Gardens, Kane'ohe; $14.50, kama'aina discounts available. 239-6775. Guided Garden Tours focusing on canoe plants (plants brought to the Islands during migration), 1 p.m. Wednesdays; also tour highlighting native Hawaiian medicinal plants, 1 p.m. Fridays, Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Mamalahoa Highway, Kona, Big Island; $5. (808) 323-3318.
Self-Guided Garden Walking Tour, view more than 50 native Hawaiian and tropical plants and flowers surrounding The Royal Hawaiian hotel in Waikiki. Tour pamphlet available at the hotel's concierge desk. 923-7311.
Send announcements with name and contact phone number to: Island Life, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com, with "Home & Garden Cal" in the subject line; or fax 525-8055.
