Posted on: Friday, September 10, 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.

Remodel It Right Seminar, sponsored by Hawaii Remodelors Council of the Building Industry Association of Hawaii, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. tomorrow, Koko Marina Shopping Center. Interior Design will be the featured topic at a 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. seminar featuring industry professionals. Registration recommended: 847-4666, ext. 201.

"Homes & Land," TV show displays homes and land for sale in the Islands, noon weekdays 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

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 each Tuesday, 1-2:30 p.m. Sept. 28 through Nov. 16. A fee of $15 for the training will be refunded after 25 volunteer hours doing tours for students and special interest groups. Call to enroll: 522-7064.

Ho'oulu Hou: Growing Plants and Trees for Hula Lei, workshop and demonstration on growing lei plants in the home garden, with presentations by Marie McDonald, Brian Choy and The Advertiser's garden columnist, Heidi Bornhorst, 8 a.m.-noon tomorrow, Windward Community College; $10. Registration required: 956-8204, www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/rnre/Lei_Plant_Workshops.asp.

Garden Tour of Native Plants, featuring koa, sandalwood and ho'awa, 10 a.m. tomorrow, Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Mamalahoa Highway, Kona, Big Island; free. (808) 323-3318.

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

Garden Tours, narrated 45-minute tram tours of the garden's heliconia, ginger, vanilla vines and lychee trees, 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 in Waikiki. Tour pamphlet available at the con-cierge 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.