Home & Garden Calendar

HOME EVENTS

• Seek Professional Help ... Before You Need It, the Building Industry Association Home Building & Remodeling four-day show, with informational exhibits, seminars, information on financing and other events and activities, 5-9 p.m. today, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Blaisdell Exhibition Hall; $4 per day or $6 for four-day pass; coupons and other discounts available. 847-4666, ext. 206.
• Home and garden Workshops, "how to" clinics for February at local Home Depot stores: Learn Fantastic Faux Painting Techniques, 11 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays; Install Ceramic Tile, noon Saturday and Sunday; Install and Maintain Your Faucets, 2 p.m. Saturdays; Install Indoor Décor Lighting, 3 p.m. Saturdays; Install Sheet Vinyl Flooring, 2 p.m. Sundays; and Install Presto/Prego Flooring, 3 p.m. Sundays; all clinics are free. Home Depot Stores: Honolulu, 521-7355; Pearl City, 455-1200; Kahului, Maui, (808) 893-7800; and Kailua-Kona, Big Island (808) 326-6013.

GARDEN EVENTS

• Lei Master Class, slide lecture on advanced lei design from Brian Choy, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Lyon Arboretum; $12. 988-0456.
• Art in Nature, Nature in Art, use nature for your inspiration in creating images and poetry, for ages 5 years and over, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Sunday, Hawai'i Nature Center; $14 for parent and child team. 955-0100.
• Bananas for the home gardener, learn about planting, fertilizing, watering as well as problems and pests, 9:30-11 a.m. Tuesday, Urban Garden Center, Pearl City; $5. Call for registration form: 453-6050.

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