Home & Garden Calendar
HOME EVENT
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 3-4 consecutive days of shooting, with a room in their home, 300 square feet or larger, available for redecoration. To apply go to www.banyantv.com/oxygen/niceapp-frames.html or call (215) 928-8912. Deadline to apply is today.
GARDEN EVENTS
Organic Agriculture, Health and Nutrition, on nutritional content of various vegetables and their use in a healthy lifestyle, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, MA'O Farms, Wai'anae; $20. Registration: 864-9485, 696-5569.
Hawaiian Tools: 'o'o, learn the history of this simple tool and make one for use in your garden from instructor Kawika Winter, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Lyon Arboretum; $20 ($18 arboretum members). Registration required: 988-0456.
Vanilla Culture, Doug DeMoss on how to grow, propagate and pollinate vanilla orchids, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Lyon Arboretum; $20 ($18 arboretum members). Registration required: 988-0456.
Celebrating the Ala Wai, Earth Day event with environmental display, musical entertainment and hula, and trolley rides around the Ala Wai watershed and Waikiki, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Kapi'olani Park Bandstand; free. 955-7882.
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 Saturday, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kane'ohe; $30 ($25 botanical garden members). Registration: 537-1708.
Aloha KOlea!, Wally Johnson shares slides and the latest findings on the Pacific golden plover's ecology, 7-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Waimea Valley Audubon Center; free. 638-9199.
Lei Po'o, learn the wili (wrap) method of lei making by creating your own lei, from Doris Lee and Betsy Tsuhaku, 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, Wahiawa Botanical Gardens; also, 1-3 p.m. Wednesday with Cassandra deKramer at Ho'omaluhia Botanical Gardens; $10 supply and flower fee for either class. Reservations required: 522-7064.
Orchid Show and Plant Sale, with speakers on orchid culture and haku lei making, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. May 1 and 8:30-4 p.m. May 2, Noelani Elementary School, Manoa; free admission. 988-7191.
Betty Crocker Landscape and Garden Awards, nominations 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.
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