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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, August 31, 2007

Home and garden calendar

Advertiser Staff

SPECIAL EVENT

Fall Vintage Sale, shabby chic, cottage styles, Victorian and country items including water lilies, violets, vintage clothing and decor, garden antiques, furniture, kitchenware; 5-8:30 p.m.; Sept. 7; Wai'oli Tea Room, Manoa; continues 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; Sept. 8; free admission; 226-3526, masudat001@hawaii.rr.com.

ONGOING EVENTS

Garden Guided Tour, tour highlighting Native Hawaiian medicinal plants; 1 p.m. Fridays; and focusing on canoe plants (plants brought to the Islands during Polynesian migration); 1 p.m. Wednesdays; Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Kona, Big Island. $4 suggested donation; 808-323-3318.

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 hotel's concierge desk; daily; Waikiki; free; 923-7311.

Niaulani Nature Walk, guided tour through an old-growth Hawaiian forest; 9:30 a.m.; Mondays; Volcano Art Center's Niaulani Campus; Volcano Village, Big Island; donations accepted; 808-967-8222, www.volcanoartcenter.org.

Guided Tours, view plants of the rainforest; 10-11:30 a.m. Mondays-Fridays; Lyon Arboretum, Manoa Valley; free; reservations: 988-0461.

Garden Tours, 1-mile (1.5-hour) easy guided walk to view the Kane'ohe garden's flowers, plants and trees; 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.; daily (keiki-focused tour, 1 p.m. Sunday); Senator Fong's Plantation and Gardens; 47-285 Pulama Road; Kane'ohe; $14.50, kama'aina discounts available; 239-6775.

Guided Tours; 1 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays; Foster Botanical Garden; included with admission of $5 general, $3 kama'aina, $1 ages 6-12; 522-7066.

Manoa Heritage Center Tours, visit a cultural and historical site in Manoa Valley with guided tours of the native Hawaiian plant garden surrounding a traditional heiau (sacred site); 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Tuesdays-Saturdays; Manoa Heritage Center; $7 adults, $4 children and students; guided tour reservations: 988-1287.

Furniture Workshop Tours, learn about the history and craft of Hawaiian furniture; 9 a.m.-12 p.m.; Wednesdays; Martin & MacArthur Workshop and Showroom; 1815 Kahai St.; free; reservations: 845-6688.

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