Posted on: Friday, July 16, 2004
Home and Garden Calendar
Advertiser Staff
HOME EVENTS
Home and Garden Workshops, how-to clinics for July: You Can Install a Ceiling Fan, 7 p.m. Fridays; You Can Increase the Curb Appeal of Your Home, 10 a.m. Saturdays; You Can Install a Lock Set, 2 p.m. Saturday; You Can Refinish Furniture, 2 p.m. Sundays; You Can Use a Combo Power Tool Set to Build a Planter Bench, 7 p.m. Tuesdays; and You Can Design the Ultimate Kitchen, 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
Lyon Arboretum Summer Plant Sale, plants, flowers and garden products and demonstrations, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. tomorrow, Blaisdell Exhibition Hall; free admission. 988-0464.
Midsummer Night's Gleam, tour the garden with jazz, a Mongolian tribesmen encampment, harp music and dance, 4:30-10 p.m. tomorrow, Foster Botanical Garden; free. 522-7064.
Garden Tours, narrated tram tours, Senator Fong's Plantation and Gardens, 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. and 1, 2 and 3 p.m. daily, Kane'ohe; $10. 239-6775.
Guided Garden Tours focusing on canoe plants (plants brought to the Islands during migration), 1 p.m. Wednesdays; also, tour highlighting 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 and tropical plants and flowers surrounding The Royal Hawaiian hotel. Pamphlet available at 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.
