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. Friday; You Can Turn Your Home Into a Safety Zone, 10 a.m. Saturday; You Can Install Lighting Controls, 2 p.m. Saturday; You Can Have Fun with Color and Faux Painting, 2 p.m. Sunday; all free. Home Depot stores: Iwilei, Hono-lulu, 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 and 3 (Oceanic Cable). 591-2222.

Furniture Workshop Tours, learn about the history and craft of Hawaiian furniture, tours 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, Martin & MacArthur Workshop and Showroom, 1815 Kahai St.; free. 845-6688.

GARDEN EVENTS

Windward Orchid Society Show, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, King Intermediate School Gymnasium; $2, seniors free.

Nouveau: Everything Spring, annual celebration includes Les Fleurs Couture Fresh Floral Mannequin Design competition, gardening classes and flower exhibits, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, Kahala Mall; continues mall hours until April 4. Schedule: 732-7736, ext. 13.

Composting from A to Z and Xeriscape Gardening, workshops by Henry Gabriel and Mary Tim, 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden Nursery; $20 botanical gardens members, $22 nonmembers. Reservations required: 537-1708.