Home & Garden Calender

HOME EVENTS

Home and garden Workshops, 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; all clinics are free. 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.

"Homes & Land," TV show displays homes and land for sale in the Islands, noon Mondays through Fridays on Fox Channel 2 (broadcast) and Channel 3 (Oceanic Cable). 591-2222.

Furniture Workshop Tours, learn about the history and craft of Hawaiian furniture, tours from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, Martin & MacArthur workshop and showroom, 1815 Kahai St.; free. 845-6688.

GARDEN EVENTS

Kalo (Taro) Workshop, Manuel Rego leads a class on how to harvest, prepare cuttings, replant and care for dry-land kalo, 9 a.m.-noon today, Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Kona, Big Island; free to members of the Bishop Museum Association, $25 for nonmembers. (808) 323-3328.

Not Your Usual containers, learn to decorate your tables with flowers and garden materials using unusual containers from Ele Potts and her friends, 9:30-11:30 a.m. today, Lyon Arboretum; $12 ($10 for members). Register: 988-0456.

Growing Native Plants, learn propogation methods and cultivation tips from Burt Lum, 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Lyon Arboretum; $12 ($10 for members). Register: 988-0456.

Self-Guided Garden Walking Tour, view over 50 native Hawaiian and tropical plants and flowers surrounding the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. The walking-tour pamphlet may be picked up at the concierge desk. 923-7311.