Home & Garden Calendar

HOME EVENTS

Home and garden Workshops, how-to clinics for October at Home Depot stores: You Can Lay Ceramic Tile, 10 a.m. Saturdays; You Can Build a Fence or Deck, 2 p.m. Saturdays; You Can Learn Faux Paint Techniques, 2 p.m. Sundays; You Can Assemble and Install RTA Cabinets, 7 p.m. Tuesdays; and You Can Install Pergo Flooring, 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.

GARDEN EVENTS

Mystique of Orchids, orchid and plant sale, lectures and judged displays, 64th annual show presented by the Honolulu Orchid Society, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. today and Saturday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Blaisdell Center; free admission. 488-3705, 542-9464.

Tropicals and More Tropicals, Ray Baker leads a walk around the garden as he teaches how to identify and care for tropical plants, 9:30-11:30 a.m. today, Lyon Arboretum; $12 ($10 for members). Registration: 988-0456.

Compost workshop, learn to identify high-quality compost, and choose the right location for your plants, 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden; free. Reservations required: 692-5408.

'Awa Culture, Kawika Winter and Jonathan Yee teach the history and cultivation of 'awa (kava), 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Lyon Arboretum; $20 ($18 for members). Registration: 988-0456.

TOUR OF NATIVE PLANTS, view a collection of native plants, 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Mamalahoa Highway, Big Island; free. (808) 323-3318.

Ireland's Wild Gardens, lecture by Rene Johansen on the wild gardens of the shoreline and private estates, 10-11:30 a.m. Oct. 18, Lyon Arboretum; $12 ($10 for members). Registration: 988-0456.

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