Posted on: Friday, November 5, 2004

Home & Garden Calendar

Advertiser Staff

HOME EVENTS

"Homes & Land," TV show displays homes and land for sale in Hawai'i, noon weekdays on Fox Channel 2 and Oceanic Channel 3. 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

Arbor Day plant giveaway, co-sponsored by city Board of Water Supply, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. today, at Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach Hotel. One plant per person; native Hawaiian species available; expert available for advice. Also, Hawaiian wood display and information; and leaf printing. Free. Information: Luana Maitland, 924-6007.

"Growing and Enjoying Vireyas," tropical rhododendrons, class with Sherla and Richard Marques, owners of the "mom and pop" Big Island mail-order nursery, 9:30-11:30 a.m. today, Manoa Valley District Park, multipurpose room. Co-sponsored by Lyons Arboretum and The Garden Club of Honolulu. Fee: $10. Pre-registration: 988-0461.

Tropical Plant Walks, explore the rain forest on guided tour, 10 a.m. Saturdays and 1 p.m. Sundays, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden; free. 233-7323.

Guided Garden Tours focusing on canoe plants (those brought to the Islands before Western contact), 1 p.m. Wednesdays; also a 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, Waikiki. Tour pamphlet available at the 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.