Home and garden calendar
Advertiser Staff
SPECIAL
Kunia Orchid Show, including display competition, store with orchid-growing accessories, door prizes and more; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. March 14-15, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 16; Leilehua High School auditorium; $2; 343-4767.
"The Art of Plant Grafting," learn techniques for successful grafting, focusing on hibiscus and fruit trees; 9 a.m.-12 p.m.; March 15; Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Captain Cook, Big Island; $20 ($5 Bishop Museum members), plus $4 garden admission; registration: 808-323-3318.
MARCH 15 WORKSHOPS AT THE GREEN HOUSE
224 Pakohana St.; registration: 524-8427, thehawaiigreenhouse@hawaiiantel.net:
LAUHALA WEAVING FOR BEGINNERS, learn how to prepare lauhala and weave projects; 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesdays; March 19-April 9; Foster Botanical Garden; $5 ($3 kama'aina) per-class garden admission fee, plus one-time $5 supply fee; reservations: 522-7064.
"Lazy Vegetable Gardening with Stella Keil," easy gardening tips, with free samples; 6:30-7:30 p.m.; March 18; Kahuku Public and School Library; free; 293-8935.
ANTHURIUM PLANT SHOW AND SALE, also featuring ti plants, with floral arrangements, lei and more for sale; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. March 21, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 22; Ward Warehouse; free; 638-7036.
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 $5 general admission, $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 seniors and military, all students and children free; 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.
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