Posted on: Friday, April 25, 2003

Garden Calendar

"The Academy in Bloom," flower and horticulture show presented by the Garden Club of Honolulu at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, with floral arrangements, horticultural displays, exhibits on Hawaiian medicinal plants, lectures and slide presentations, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. today and Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday; $7 nonresidents, free to kama'aina and discounts for students, seniors and military. 532-8700.

Plant Sale, in celebration of Earth Day and the Year of the Hawaiian Forest, the state Forestry Division holds a sale of native, threatened or endangered and non-native species, including maile, wiliwili, palms, gardenia, hibiscus, noni and others, 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Forestry Division base yard, 2135 Makiki Heights Drive; free admission, plants at nominal cost. 973-9785.

Lei-Making Demonstration, using plants featured in "Growing Plants for Hawaiian Lei," recently published by UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, noon-2 p.m. Saturday, Borders, Waikele. 676-6699.

Greenhouse Plant Sale, featuring native Hawaiian plants, yellow iris, desert rose, hibiscus, tuberose, floral gift baskets and selected herbs, 3-7 p.m. Wednesday, Rehab Hospital of the Pacific; free admission, sales benefit the programs of the hospital. 566-3791.

The Best Lei in Downtown Honolulu 2003, display of winners of the lei competition, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday and 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. May 2, Na Mea Hawai'i, Fort Street Mall; free admission. For information on entering the lei competition, call or stop by the store for an entry form. 548-2665.

Display, Plant and Craft Sale, sponsored by the Rainbow Bonsai Club, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. May 2 and 3 and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. May 4, with daily demonstrations 11 a.m.-noon and 2-3 p.m., Windward Mall, upper level, Sears wing; free admission. 239-9681, 681-3968.