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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, July 9, 2004

Home and Garden Calendar

Advertiser Staff

HOME EVENTS

Termite Information Seminar, on how to eradicate termites from your home, sponsored by the UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, 6:30-8:30 p.m. July 13, Moanalua High School; free. Reservations required by today: 837-8466.

Home and Garden Workshops, how-to clinics for July: You Can Install a Ceiling Fan, 7 p.m. Fridays; You Can Increase the Curb Appeal of Your Home, 10 a.m. Saturdays; You Can Install a Lock Set, 2 p.m. Saturdays; You Can Refinish Furniture, 2 p.m. Sundays; You Can Use a Combo Power Tool Set to Build a Planter Bench, 7 p.m. Tuesdays; and You Can Design the Ultimate Kitchen, 7 p.m. Thursdays; all workshops are free, at Home Depot stores: Iwilei, 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 and Office, two-meeting class by Alan Lum on applying feng shui principles to increase energy, harmony and good fortune, 9 a.m.-noon tomorrow and July 17, UH-Manoa, Kuykendall Hall room 213; $55 plus textbook. Bring a floor plan of your home or office to class. Registration: 956-8400.

Do-It-Herself Workshops, hands-on classes designed for women: You Can Tile a Backsplash, 6:30-7 p.m. Monday; You Can Create a Tile Tabletop, 7-7:30 p.m. Monday; You Can Build Display Cubes, 7:45-8:15 p.m. Monday; and You Can Build a Headboard, 8:15-8:45 p.m Monday; all workshops are free at Home Depot stores: Iwilei, Honolulu, 521-7355; Pearl City, 455-1200; Kahului, Maui, (808) 893-7800; Kona, Big Island, (808) 326-6013; and Lihu'e, Kaua'i (808) 632-2740.

Build Your Dreams Seminar, learn about the design, building and construction process, sponsored by Graham Builders and American Savings Bank, 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Honolulu Country Club; free. Reservations required: 593-2808.

GARDEN EVENTS

Tour of Native Plants, focusing on kauila and other hardwood trees, 10 a.m. tomorrow, Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Mamalahoa Highway, Kona, Big Island; free. (808) 323-3318.

Midsummer Night's Gleam, tour the garden at night with jazz music, a Mongolian tribesmen encampment and harp music and dance, 4:30-10 p.m. July 17, Foster Botanical Garden; free. 522-7064.