Posted on: Friday, November 26, 2004

Home and Garden Calendar

Advertiser Staff

HOME EVENTS

Home and Garden Workshops, Home Depot's how-to clinics for December: 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.

Feng Shui: Do-It-Yourself, Alice Inoue gives the basic rules and tools to improve flow in your home or office, 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, Golden Phoenix, 1481 S. King St.; $35. 598-2655.

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

Plant Sale, sponsored by Cactus & Succulent Society of Hawaii, with a display of Sansevieria (Mother-in-law's tongue), 8 a.m.-3 p.m. tomorrow, Ward Warehouse amphitheater; free admission. 239-3922.

Kadomatsu Sale, traditional Japanese New Year's decoration created by the Men's Leadership of Hawaii Foundation will be available for pick-up, noon-3 p.m. Dec. 19 at Kawananakoa Middle School. To reserve an 18-inch kadomatsu, send check and SASE to MLH Foundation, PMB #148, 98-1277 Ka'ahumanu St., 'Aiea, HI 96701 or call 261-9342. Price: $25, tax deductible, to benefit the programs of the MLH Foundation.

Annual Invitational Wreath Exhibit and sale, featuring wreaths and holiday gifts created by Island artists, 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 Senator Fong's Plantation and Gardens, 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. and 1, 2 and 3 p.m. daily, at the garden in 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. Tour pamphlet available at the con-cierge desk. 923-7311.