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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, February 2, 2007

Home and garden calendar

Advertiser Staff

HOME EVENTS

"Homes & Land," TV show visits homes and land for sale in Hawai'i, noon weekdays, Fox affiliate channel 2 (broadcast) and channel 3 (cable). 591-2222.

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

GARDEN EVENTS

Annual Plant & Produce Sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Urban Garden Center, 955 Kamehameha Highway, Pearl City; free admission. 625-3519.

Planning for Entering the May Day Lei Contest, Brian Choy shares tips on gathering flowers, budgeting your time for designing, collecting, preparing and making lei for the annual contest, 9:30 a.m.-noon Saturday, Ala Moana Beach Park's McCoy Pavilion; free. Reservations: 522-7064.

The Art of Bonsai, eight-week class led by Walter Liew on how to create and care for suitable bonsai plants, 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 6-March 27, Windward Community College, Alaka'i 102; $95. Register: 235-7433.

Senator Fong's Plantation and Gardens tours, one-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), 47-285 Pulama Road; $14.50, kama'aina discounts available. 239-6775.

Guided Tours, view plants of the rainforest, 10-11:30 a.m. Mondays-Fridays (closed Thanksgiving Day), Lyon Arboretum, Manoa Valley; free. Reservations: 988-0461.

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

Garden Weed Identification and Clean-Up, guided tours focusing on canoe plants (plants brought to the Islands during Polynesian migration), 1 p.m. Wednesdays and a tour highlighting native Hawaiian medicinal plants, 1 p.m. Fridays, $5. Also, Ho'okupu Plant Propagation Club for ages 6-14 to learn about Hawaiian plants and their cultural uses, 1:45-3:30 Wednesdays, free. Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Kona, Big Island. (808) 323-3318.

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 hotel's concierge desk. 923-7311.

Send announcements, with name and contact phone number, to: Island Life, The Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com, with "Home & Garden Cal" in the subject line; or fax 525-8055.