Home & Garden Calendar
HOME EVENTS
Home and garden Work-shops, 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.
"Homes & Land," TV show displays homes and land for sale in the Islands, noon Mondays through Fridays on Fox channel 2 (broadcast) and channel 3 (Oceanic Cable). 591-2222.
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
50th annual Kunia Orchid Show, displays and sales of orchids, demonstrations and prizes, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. today and Saturday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Del Monte Kunia Camp Gymnasium; $2. 623-8585.
Plant Propagation basics, how to select and prepare cuttings and use rooting compounds, by Richard Criley, 9-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Lyon Arboretum; $20 ($18 arboretum members). Bring a sharp pocket knife. Registration required: 988-0456.
Garden Island Orchid Show, 1-6 p.m. today and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, 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 Saturday, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden; $22 ($20 for garden members). Reservations required: 537-1708.
Uses and Propagation of Hawaiian Medicinal Plants, on the historical use of healing plants in the Hawaiian culture, with seeds and cuttings available, 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Leeward Community College, room MS 108; $25. Registration: 455-0477.
Composting from A to Z and Xeriscape Gardening, two workshops taught by Henry Gabriel and Mary Tim, 10 a.m.-noon March 27, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden nursery; $22 ($20 botanical gardens members). Reservations required: 537-1708.
Guided Tours of the Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden on the Big Island; tour focusing on canoe plants (brought to the islands during migration), 1 p.m. Wednesdays; tour highlighting native Hawaiian medicinal plants, 1 p.m. Fridays; $5. (808) 323-3318.
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