Home & Garden Calendar
HOME EVENTS
Furniture & Lighting exhibit, original pieces designed and fabricated by architecture students, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays through Feb. 27, the Haigo & Irene Shen Architecture Gallery, UH-Manoa; free. 956-8311.
Home and garden Workshops, how-to clinics for February at Home Depot stores: You Can Repair Damaged Drywall, 7 p.m. Fridays; You Can Turn Your Home Into a Safety Zone, 10 a.m. Saturdays; You Can Install Wainscoting and Chair Rail Moulding, 2 p.m. Saturdays; You Can Apply Faux Paint Techniques, 2 p.m. Sundays; Power Tools 101: You Can Use a Router to Customize Shelving, 7 p.m. Tuesdays; and You Can Install RTA Cabinets, 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.
Feng Shui for the Home, learn about Flying Stars from Alan Lum and how to increase positive energy, harmony and good fortune with traditional Chinese feng shui, 9 a.m.-noon Feb. 21, Kuykendall 213, UH-Manoa; $30 plus textbook (bring a floor plan of your home). Register for course P06617: 956-8400.
Furniture Workshop Tours, learn about the history and craft of Hawaiian furniture, tours between 9 a.m. and noon Wednesdays, Martin & MacArthur Workshop and Showroom, 1815 Kahai St.; free. 845-6688.
GARDEN EVENTS
Maui Orchid Society show, plants on display and for sale, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. today and Saturday, Maui Mall, Kahului; free admission. (808) 575-9657.
Hibiscus, Jill Coryell teaches the history of native Hawaiian and endemic hibiscus, hybridizing, propagation and care, 9:30-11:30 a.m. today, Lyon Arboretum; $12 ($10 members). 988-0456.
Weed Control, identify weeds, the use of herbicides and other control methods, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden; $22 ($20 for FHBG members). Reservations required: 537-1708.
Plant Tour, includes 30 varieties of ko (sugar cane), which traditional Hawaiians used in concocting love potions, 10 a.m. Saturday, Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Mamalahoa Highway, Big Island; free. (808) 323-3318.
"The Rural Historic Landscape at Kapalawai," Wendie McAllaster lectures on the former Robinson family homestead on Kaua'i, part of the Experts at the Palace series, noon Thursday, Old Archives Building, 'Iolani Palace; free. 956-9546.
Plant Propagating, Glenn Nii gives instruction in grafting and air layering, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Feb. 21, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden; bring a sharp pocketknife, $22 ($20 for FHBG members). Reservations required: 537-1708.
Native Plants of the Arbore-tum, Liz Huppman leads a tour of the gardens to observe plants' growth habits and their suitability for home landscapes, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Feb. 21, Lyon Arboretum; $20 ($18 members). 988-0456.
Native Plant Maintenance, learn where to plant native dryland plants, soil preparation, irrigation and pest control from Priscilla Millen, 1-4 p.m. Feb. 22, room MS 108, Leeward Community College; come dressed to work in the garden, $25. Register: 455-0477.
Self-Guided Garden Walking Tour, view more than 50 native Hawaiian and tropical plants and flowers surrounding the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikiki. Walking tour pamphlet available at the hotel's concierge desk. 923-7311.
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