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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, May 2, 2008

Home and garden calendar

SPECIAL

PLANT DOCTOR, bring in a photo or description of your sick plant or tree for a diagnosis; 9-10 a.m. May 2; Wahiawa Botanical Garden; free; reservations required: 621-5463.

SPRING PLANT SALE/EDUCATION EVENT, find unique Mother's Day gifts, rare and unusual plants, indoor and outdoor educational displays and more; 9 a.m.-2 p.m. May 3; Foster Botanical Garden; free; 537-1708.

TILLANDSIA MOTHER'S DAY WORKSHOP, participants will learn about the unthirsty tillandsia plant (commonly known as "air plants"), how to care for it and how to use them to construct a unique gift for Mom; 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. May 3; Halawa Xeriscape Garden; $15; registration: 748-5363, 748-5312, tours@hbws.org.

ORCHID SHOW AND PLANT SALE, by the Orchid Society of Manoa; 8:30 a.m-5 p.m. May, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. May 4; Noelani Elementary School, Manoa; free; 988-7191.

THE ART OF NIU (COCONUT FRONDS), workshop to learn how to weave niu and learn about its uses throughout the history of the Hawaiian Islands by Sam Kama and Sam Kama Jr. with a four-class weekly series during the month of May; 1-3 p.m. May 3-24; There's No Place Like OM Yoga Studio, St. James' Circle, Waimea; $125; 808-989-9849, 808-989.1203.

LAUHALA WEAVING FOR BEGINNERS, learn how to select, remove thorns, clean, strip and weave lauhala projects; 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesdays until May 7; Foster Botanical Garden; Supply fee $5 plus $5 admission fee, $3 kama'aina; reservations: 522-7064.

ONGOING

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 concierge desk; daily; free; 923-7311.

GARDEN TOUR, 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. Sundays); Senator Fong's Plantation and Gardens, 47-285 Pulama Road; $14.50, discounts for kama'aina; 239-6775.

NIAULANI NATURE WALK, guided tour through an old-growth Hawaiian forest; 9:30 a.m. Mondays; Volcano Art Center 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.

BOTANICAL GARDEN GUIDED TOURS; 1 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, with special topics on selected 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; visits and tours by reservation only: 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.

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

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