Home & Garden Calendar

HOME EVENTS

Build New or Re-Do, seminar on starting and financing construction, with information on kitchen upgrades, 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Sam Choy's Diamond Head Restaurant; free. Reservations: 955-2777.

GARDEN EVENTS

Basics of Rose Cultivation, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 'Ohi'a Auditorium 118, Kapi'olani Community College; $25. Registration: 545-5653 or www.roseshawaii.org.

Birds, Bees, Blossoms, & Bugs, walk with naturalists to learn about birds, plants, insects and the native ecosystem, 8:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Saturday, Kipukapuaulu (Bird Park), Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Big Island; $12* per person or $25* for four-member families. (808) 985-7067.

Botany for Gardeners, two-session class, led by Douglas Friend, links science and gardening, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday and March 29, Lyon Arboretum; $30. 988-0456.

Plants for Home Landscaping, Paul Weissich and Heidi Bornhorst assist participants in designing your home garden and growing plants for it, 9:30 a..m.-noon Saturday, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kane'ohe; $40 FHBG members, $45 non-members. 537-1708.

Backyard composting, recycle leftovers into a mixture to fertilize your garden, for ages 5 years and over, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Hawai'i Nature Center; $14 for parent and child team. 955-0100.