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.

"Midway Island: Landscape and Architecture," lecture by architect Jennifer Scott, part of the "Experts at the Palace" series, noon Thursday, Old Archives Building, 'Iolani Palace; free. 956-9546.

GARDEN EVENTS

Native Plant Maintenance, learn where to plant native dryland plants, soil preparation, irrigation and pest control from instructor Priscilla Millen, 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Room MS 108, Leeward Community College; come dressed to work in the garden, $25. Register: 455-0477.

Basic Flower Arranging, learn the basics from Ann Lawson, Alison Manaut and Bertie Lee, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Feb. 27, Lyon Arboretum; $12 nonmembers, $10 arboretum members. 988-0456.

Mini-Plant sale, herbs, lei flowers and other native and unusual plants, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 28, Ho'omaluhia Nursery at the Botanical Gardens; free admission. 233-7323.

Orchid CUlture, Doug DeMoss discusses the culture and care of a variety of orchids, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Feb. 28, Lyon Arboretum; $20 non-members, $18 arboretum members. 988-0456.

Plant Diseases, Desmond Ogata teaches prevention, control and safety in controlling plant diseases, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Feb. 28, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden; $22 nonmembers, $20 FHBG members. Reservations required: 537-1708.

Guided Tours of the Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden on the Big Island, tour focusing on canoe plants (plants brought to the Islands during migration), 1 p.m. Wednesdays; also tour highlighting native Hawaiian medicinal plants, 1 p.m. Fridays, Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Mamalahoa Highway, Kona, Big Island; $5. (808) 323-3318.