Home & Garden Calendar
HOME EVENTS
Home and garden Workshops, how-to clinics for June at local Home Depot stores: You Can Lay Ceramic Tile, 10 a.m. Saturdays; You Can Turn Your Home into a Safety Zone, 2 p.m. Saturdays; You Can Learn Faux Paint Techniques, 2 p.m. Sundays; You Can Install Landscape Lighting, 7 p.m. Tuesdays; and You Can Install Vinyl Replacement Windows, 7 p.m. Thursdays; 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.
Pacific Expo's Home & Garden Show, with interior, exterior and landscaping products and services, 5-10 p.m. Thursday and June 13, 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m. June 14 and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. June 15, Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall; $4 general, $3 seniors, military and ages 7-12 years, younger than 6 free. 945-3594.
Z Home Store Grand Opening Celebration, with Vern Yip, home designer and host of TV's "Trading Spaces," answering questions and signing his book "Trading Spaces Behind the Scenes," 2-4 p.m. June 14, Z Home, Ward Avenue and Queen Street; also, an appearance by Yip, 2-4 p.m. June 15, Z Home in Salt Lake. 791-3330.
GARDEN EVENTS
Growing Vegetables & Herbs in Pots, Jan McEwen teaches about potting soil, planting media, containers and plant selection, 9:30 a.m. today, Waikiki Community Center auditorium; free. 923-1802.
Honohono Orchid Growing for Beginners, Randy Tajima explains potting, propagation, watering and fertilizing the local favorite, 9:30 a.m.-noon Saturday, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden; $20 before class date, $23 on day of class. 537-1708.
Pacific Bonsai Club, annual bonsai plant sale, 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sunday, Noelani Elementary School Cafeteria; free admission. 737-7156.
22nd Annual 'Aiea Orchid Club Show, with lectures, demonstrations and plant sale, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. June 13, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. June 14 and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. June 15, 'Aiea Elementary School cafetorium; $2 admission.
Everything You Want to know about Bamboo, Norman Bezona will discuss selection, propagation, uses and care of varieties appropriate for Hawai'i, 9:30-11:30 a.m. June 14, Lyon Arboretum; $20. 988-0456.
