Posted on: Friday, October 15, 2004

Home & Garden Calendar

Advertiser Staff

HOME EVENTS

"Homes & Land," TV show displays homes and land for sale in the Islands, noon weekdays on Fox Channel 2 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

Lauhala weaving workshop, led by Alice Kawamoto, kumu for Ka Ulu Lauhala Association, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, at Bishop Museum's Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Kona, Big Island. Registration recommended: (808) 323-3318. Free for museum members; nonmembers, $10; $5 for required lauhala kit.

Native Plants of Kipuka Puaulu (Bird Park), guided walk with Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park biologist. $35. (808) 967-8222.

Tropical Plant Walks, explore the rain forest on a 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 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 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.

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 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.