Posted on: Friday, October 8, 2004

Home & Garden Calendar

Advertiser Staff

HOME EVENTS

Home and Garden Workshops, how-to clinics: You Can Update Your Countertop and Cabinets, 7 p.m. Fridays; You Can Install Laminate Flooring, 10 a.m. Saturdays; You Can Save Energy in Your Home, 2 p.m. Saturdays; You Can Have Fun with Color and Faux, 2 p.m. Sundays; You Can Use a Miter Saw to Build a Picture Frame, 7 p.m. Tuesdays; You Can Decorate a Child's Bedroom, 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.

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

Foster Botanical Garden seeks volunteer docents for an eight-week training course. Classes, which will cover the history of the garden, documentation of plants, significant plants and trees, are offered 1-2:30 p.m Tuesdays, through Nov. 16. Last day to enroll is Tuesday. A fee of $15 for the training will be refunded after 25 volunteer hours doing tours for students and special-interest groups. 522-7064.

"Star Sapphire Orchid Legacy," 65th annual orchid, plant and flower show sponsored by Honolulu Orchid Society, with lectures and workshop, educational exhibits, plant displays and sales, door prizes, 9 a.m.- 7 p.m. today and tomorrow, and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Blaisdell Exhibition Hall; free admission. 488-3705, www.honoluluorchidsociety.org.

"The Architecture of Creative Flower Design," Susanne Zola, granddaughter of May Moir, shares how her flower design vision is realized through structure and underpinnings, 9;30-11:30 a.m. today, Manoa Valley District Park's multipurpose room; $10. Registration required: 988-0461.

Tropical Plant Walks, guided tour, 10 a.m. Saturdays and 1 p.m. Sundays, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden; free. 233-7323.

Guided Garden Tours focusing on canoe plants (plants brought to the Islands before Western contact), 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.

Garden Tours, narrated 45-minute tram tours, 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. and 1, 2 and 3 p.m. daily, Senator Fong's Plantation and Gardens, Kane'ohe; $14.50, kama'aina discounts available. 239-6775.

Self-Guided Garden Walking Tour, view more than 50 native Hawaiian and tropical plants and flowers surrounding the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Tour pamphlet available at the concierge desk. 923-7311.

Send announcements with name and contact phone number to: Island Life, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com, with "Home & Garden Cal" in the subject line; or fax 525-8055.