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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, December 1, 2006

Home and garden calendar

Advertiser Staff

HOME EVENTS

The Best Holiday Setting, interior designers display dining table settings to inspire your creativity, with refreshments and store discounts, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Wednesday, Pacific Home; free. 596-5338.

"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

21st annual Holiday Wreath Display, winners of the wreath contest in the adult, youth and theme ("Plantation Holiday") categories, 8 a.m.-11 p.m. daily, tomorrow through Jan. 1, Honolulu Hale Lane Gallery; free. 523-4674.

Nutcracker Sweet Festival 2006, craft, plant and art sale, with gardening advice, talk by Dr. Terry Shintani, bonsai display, craft and food booths, musical entertainment, silent auction, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. tomorrow, Foster Botanical Garden; free admission. 537-1708.

7th annual Invitational Wreath Exhibit, display of holiday wreaths created by Hawai'i artists, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily through Jan. 2, Volcano Art Center, Big Island. (808) 967-7565.

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.

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.

Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, 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. (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.