Home & Gardens Calendar

HOME EVENTS

HUD HOME-BUYING SEMINARS: Department of Housing and Urban Development community homebuyer fairs provide education and counseling to help first-time home buyers. All from 9 a.m.-noon. 522-8175, Ext. 256.

• June 9, Waianae Mall, 68-120 Farrington Highway.
• June 16, Waipahu, Elementary School, 94-465 Waipahu St.
• June 23, Waimanalo Public Library, 41-1320 Kalanianaole Highway.
• June 30, Susannah Wesley Community Center, 1117 Kaili Street, Kalihi.

HOME & GARDEN SHOW -- June 13-17. Blaisdell Exhibition Hall. More than 200 exhibits, seminars in home improvements, product & cooking demonstrations and live entertainment. $3. 945-3594, www.financefactors.com.

GARDEN EVENTS

HO'OMALUHIA BOTANICAL GARDEN, 45-680 Luluku Road, Kane'ohe. 233-7323.

• Summer Garden Night walks, 6:30 to 9 p.m. July 7, Aug. 4 and Sept. 1. Reservations required.
• Mulching class. 9:30-11 a.m. June 30. Free.

LYON ARBORETUM. 3860 Manoa Road. Public tours 10 a.m. Tuesdays and 1 p.m. Saturdays. 3860 Manoa Road. $2.50. 988-0456.

FOSTER BOTANICAL GARDEN, 180 N. Vineyard Blvd., 537-1708.

PEARL CITY URBAN GARDEN CENTER, 962 Second St., Pearl City. 453-6060. Open 9 a.m. to noon, first Saturday of every month. Open for self-guided tours, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.

• Upcoming classes: Growing & using fresh herbs and edible flowers, 9:30 a.m.-noon. June 7. Plumeria tree, 9:30-11 a.m. June 13. Growing mangoes, 9:30-11 a.m., June 20. Growing new disease-resistant "Rainbow" and "Sunup" papayas, 9-10:30 a.m. June 14. $5 to $10.

PACIFIC BONSAI CLUB, annual exhibit and plant sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 10. Noelani School, 2655 Woodlawn Drive, Manoa. 737-7156.

PACIFIC ORCHID SOCIETY OF HAWAI'I, meeting 7:30 p.m. June 18, Gallery on the Pali, 2500 Pali Highway. "The hobby that got out of hand," by Henrietta Fujiwara. 395-0838.

'AIEA ORCHID CLUB, annual show. 9 a.m.-8 p.m. June 15-16; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 17, 'Aiea Elementary School Cafetorium. Ten clubs from O'ahu are invited to compete for awards. Lectures and demonstrations. $2. 488-3705.