Home & Garden Calendar
HOME EVENTS
Home and Garden Workshops, Home Depot's how-to clinics for December (no clinics Dec. 24-26 and Dec. 30-31): You Can Install Track Lighting, 7 p.m. Fridays; You Can Refinish Furniture, 10 a.m. Saturdays; You Can Enhance Your Home with Holiday Lighting, 2 p.m. Saturdays; You Can Have Fun with Color and Faux, 2 p.m. Sundays; Power Tools 101: Try Before You Buy, 7 p.m. Tuesdays; You Can Install a Garage Door Opener, 7 p.m. Thursdays; 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.
"Homes & Land," TV show displays homes and land for sale on 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
Holiday Table Settings, tabletop designs created by C.S. Wo and Neiman Marcus on display to provide ideas for home decoration, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. today and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday, C.S. Wo showroom on Beretania; free admission. 543-5388.
Holiday Plant and Craft Sale, annual event sponsored by Lyon Arboretum, with introduction of two new 'ohi'a varieties and large selection of other plants and crafts, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. tomorrow, Manoa Elementary School; free admission. 988-0464.
Kadomatsu Class, John White teaches how to create a kadomatsu by making a miniature sample, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Dec. 11, Foster Botanical Garden; $15 for botanical gardens members, $18 for nonmembers. Reservations: 537-1708.
2nd annual Kadomatsu Sale, traditional Japanese New Year's decoration created by the Men's Leadership of Hawaii Foundation will be available for pickup from noon-3 p.m. Dec. 19 at Kawananakoa Middle School. Reservation tickets for the 18-inch plants are available by sending a check and a SASE to MLH Foundation, PMB #148, 98-1277 Ka'ahumanu St., 'Aiea, HI 96701, or by calling 261-9342. The kadomatsu are $25, tax deductible, to benefit the programs of the MLH Foundation.
Annual Invitational Wreath Exhibit, Island artists have created wreaths and holiday gifts for sale and exhibit, through Jan. 2 (closed Dec. 25), Volcano Art Center, Big Island. (808) 967-7565.
Guided Garden Tours focusing on canoe plants (plants brought to the Islands during migration), 1 p.m. Wednesday; also tour highlighting native Hawaiian medicinal plants, 1 p.m. Friday, Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Mamalahoa Highway, Kona, Big Island; $5. (808) 323-3318.
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 (closed Dec. 25), Senator Fong's Plantation and Gardens, Kane'ohe; $14.50, kama'aina discounts available. 239-6775.
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.
