Posted on: Friday, November 19, 2004

Home and Garden Calendar

Advertiser Staff

HOME EVENTS

Feng Shui Your Baby's Nursery, learn how colors and furniture arrangement can benefit a child's energy and well being, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Sunday, at the New Baby & Kid's Expo, Blaisdell Center; general admission $3.50. 239-7777.

"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

'Aina Moana Tree Planting, the Outdoor Circle sponsors volunteers, arborists, landscape architects, city employees and students in the planting of trees, including palms, monkey pod, milo and beach heliotrope at Magic Island ('Aina Moana) to complete the vision of Christine Snyder, who was killed on United Airline's flight 93 during the 9/11 attacks, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. tomorrow, Ala Moana Beach Park; free. 593-0300.

Holiday Wreath Making, 7th annual hands-on workshop with fiber artist Jelena Clay on creating a wreath from fibers and foliage, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. tomorrow, Volcano Art Center, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Big Island; $50 includes supplies. (808) 967-8222.

Rose Show, annual fall competitive exhibit of roses sponsored by the Honolulu Rose Society, with members on hand to answer question and provide growing tips, sales of rose bouquets and entertainment, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Windward Mall; free.

Guided Garden Tours focusing on canoe plants (plants brought to the Islands before Western contact), 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 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.