Home & Garden Calendar

HOME EVENTS

Banyan Productions and Oxygen TV Network seek contestants for the taping of "Nice Package," a show that has a designer renovate a room in a house where three or more roommates share living space. The roommates, ages 25-40, must be available for 3 to 4 days of shooting, with a room in the home, 300 square feet or larger, available for redecoration. Apply at www.banyantv.com/oxygen/niceapp-frames.html or call (215) 928-8912.

GARDEN EVENTS

Big Island Best Expo and Festival, with cooking demonstrations and floral displays, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Waikoloa Beach Resort, Big Island; free admission. (808) 886-6789.

Nature Soap, Melody Fanning teaches how to create a bar of soap using leaves and other plant parts, 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kane'ohe; $22 ($20 botanical garden members). Registration required: 522-7064.

Aquaponics, Jim Ferrill leads a workshop for beginners and experienced growers on systems that combine fish and plant farming, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, room 107 Akoakoa building, Windward Community College; free (bring your lunch). 933-3185.

Ti Lei Making, learn from Cassandra deKramer to prepare ti leaves for lei, 1-2:30 p.m. Monday, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kane'ohe. Also, led by Doris Lee and Betsy Tsuhako, 1-2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wahiawa Botanical Garden; both workshops are free. Reservation required: 522-7064.

Vanilla Culture, Doug DeMoss on how to grow, propagate and pollinate vanilla orchids, 9:30-11:30 a.m. April 24, Lyon Arboretum; $20 ($18 arboretum members). Registration required: 988-0456.

All About Bamboo, lecture and visual presentation on recently imported clumping bamboo species, presented by Peter Berg and Susan Ruskin; a talk by Paul Weissich on the uses of bamboo in art, literature and the home; and Elsie Horikawa and Helen Hayashi will talk about their collection of bamboo artifacts; followed by a preview sale of bamboo for registered students, 10:30 a.m.-noon April 24, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kane'ohe; $30 ($25 botanical garden members). Registration: 537-1708.

Betty Crocker LANDSCAPE AND GARDEN AWARDS, nominations are sought for Scenic Hawaii's annual awards for outstanding landscapes and gardens on all Hawaiian islands. Three categories: Professional, for one-time or continuing design that is viewed or used by the public; Private Gardeners, for design in a yard or neighborhood; and Community Gardens, for public spaces developed and maintained by volunteers or community organizations. Nomination deadline is May 15 with the awards ceremony planned for June 28. For additional requirements call 263-5627.