Home & Garden Calendar
HOME EVENTS
Home and garden Workshops, how-to clinics for March at Home Depot stores: You Can Build a Retaining Wall, 7 p.m. Fridays; You Can Turn Your Home Into a Safety Zone, 10 a.m. Saturdays; You Can Install Lighting Controls, 2 p.m. Saturdays; You Can Have Fun with Color and Faux Painting, 2 p.m. Sundays; You Can Build an Adirondack Chair, 7 p.m. Tuesdays; and You Can Lay Laminate Flooring, 7 p.m. Thursdays; all clinics are free. 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.
"Midway Island: Landscape and Architecture," with senior project architect Jennifer Scott, part of the Historic Preservation Lecture Series, noon Thursday, 'Iolani Palace Old Archives Building; free. 956-9546, 956-8570.
GARDEN EVENTS
Ireland's Wild Gardens, slide- lecture by Rene Johansen on public and private gardens of Ireland, 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Lyon Arboretum; $12 ($10 arboretum members). 988-0456.
Pruning Tips, with Bobby Midkiff, 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden; $22 ($20 garden members). Reservations required: 537-1708.
How to Grow Beautiful Roses, seminar presented by Honolulu Rose Society on the basics of rose care, 11 a.m. Sunday, Home Depot in Iwilei (521-7355) and 11 a.m. March 20, Home Depot in Pearl City (455-1200); free.
Basic Flower Arranging, with Garden Club of Honolulu members Ann Lawson, Alison Manaut and Bertie Lee, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Monday, Lyon Arboretum; $12. Registration required: 988-0456.
50th annual Kunia Orchid Show, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. March 19 and 20 and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 21, Del Monte Kunia Camp gymnasium; $2. 623-8585.
Garden Island Orchid Show, 1-6 p.m. March 19 and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 20, United Church of Christ in Hanapepe; free. (808) 822-9439.
Plant Nutrition, learn about trace elements, fertilizers and mixing safety from Ed Mersino, 9:30 a.m.-noon March 20, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden; $22 ($20 garden members). Reservations required: 537-1708.
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