Posted on: Friday, December 10, 2004
Home & Garden Calendar
Advertiser Staff
HOME EVENTS
Home and Garden Workshops, Home Depot's how-to clinics for December: 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 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
Kadomatsu Class, John White teaches how to create a kadomatsu by making a miniature sample, 9:30-10:30 a.m. tomorrow, Foster Botanical Garden; $15 for botanical gardens members, $18 for non-members. 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 to 3 p.m. on 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, local artists have created wreaths and holiday gifts for sale and exhibit, through Jan. 2, 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. 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.
Garden Tours, narrated 45-minute tram tours of the garden's heliconia, ginger, vanilla vines and lychee 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.
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 concierge desk. 923-7311.
