Home & Garden Calendar
HOME EVENTS
Home and garden Workshops, free how-to clinics for November at Home Depot stores: You Can Lay Ceramic Tile, 10 a.m. Saturdays; You Can Save Money on Energy Bills, 2 p.m. Saturdays; You Can Learn Faux Paint Techniques, 2 p.m. Sundays; You
Can Install a Faucet, 7 p.m. Tuesdays; and You Can Install Crown Molding, 7 p.m. Thursdays. Home Depot stores: Honolulu, 521-7355; Pearl City, 455-1200; Kahului, Maui, (808) 893-7800; and Kona, Big Island, (808) 326-6013; and Lihu'e, Kaua'i (808) 632-2740.
GARDEN EVENTS
arbor Day, giveaway of trees and shrubs, beginning 7 a.m. Saturday, at: the Waimea Valley Audubon Center (formerly Waimea Falls Park) and the following Hawaiian Electric Co. sites: on Ward Avenue; the Urban Garden Center in Pearl City; in Wai'anae at the Kahe power plant; in Kailua at the Ko'olau Base Yard. Also 9 a.m.-noon, Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden on the Big Island. Free while supplies last. Information: O'ahu, 548-7311; Big Island, (808) 323-3318.
Arbor Day at Ho'omaluhia, remove invasive vines from the garden's trees, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kane'ohe; bring insect repellent, rain gear, lunch and wear covered-toe shoes. 233-7323.
EZ Orchid Growing for beginners, taught by Randy Tajima, 9:30-noon Saturday, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden; $22 ($20 for FHBG members). Reservations required: 233-7323.
Not Your Usual containers, learn to decorate your tables with garden materials using unusual containers, from Ele Potts and her friends, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Nov. 14, Lyon Arboretum; $12 ($10 for members). Register: 988-0456.
