Posted on: Friday, October 1, 2004
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9th annual Kona plant sale, plant clinics and sale of fruit trees, palms, native plants, bedding and landscaping plants, sponsored by the Big Island Association of Nurserymen, noon-6 p.m. today, Lanihau Center, Kona, Big Island; free admission. (808) 966-7169. Hawaiian Lei Making, Brian Choy shares methods of making kipu'u, hili, kui and humapapa lei, 9 a.m.-noon tomorrow; $20. Call for location and registration required: 988-0461.
"Star Sapphire Orchid Legacy," 65th annual orchid, plant and flower show sponsored by the Honolulu Orchid Society with lectures and workshop, educational exhibits, plant displays and sales, door prizes 1-7 p.m. Thursday; 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Oct. 8-9; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 10, Blaisdell Exhibition Hall; free admission. 488-3705, www.honoluluorchidsociety.org.
"The Architecture of Creative Flower Design," Susanne Zola, granddaughter of May Moir, shares how her flower design vision is realized through structure and underpinnings, 9;30-11:30 a.m. Oct. 8, Manoa Valley District Park's multipurpose room; $10. Registration required: 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 (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 fruit 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.
