Posted on: Friday, October 22, 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 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
Lili'uokalani Botanical Garden/Nu'uanu Stream Clean-up Service Project, part of Make a Difference Day, 9 a.m.-noon, tomorrow, Lili'uokalani Botanical Garden, Kuakini Street. (Recommended: insect repellent, long-sleeve shirt and long pants. Provided: boots, garbage bags and gloves.). Free. Required reservations: 522-7064.
Tropical Flower Seminar, sponsored by the Hawaii Tropical Flower Council, following, and in conjunction with, the Hawaii Agricultural Conference, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, Hilton Hawaiian Village, with seminars on marketing and cultural aspects of Hawai'i's cut-flower and potted-plant industry; and a roundtable discussion with marketers, brokers, agents and buyers for mass merchandisers and chain stores. Call: 589-2407. 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 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.
