Posted on: Friday, April 1, 2005

Home & Garden Calendar

Advertiser Staff

HOME EVENTS

Home and Garden Workshops, Home Depot's how-to clinics for April: "You can lay ceramic tile," 7 p.m. Fridays; "You can organize your closets," 10 a.m. Saturdays; "You can create an outdoor living space," 2 p.m. Saturdays; "You can have fun with faux and painting: Basic and new techniques," 2 p.m. Sundays; "You can build a deck," 7 p.m. Tuesdays; "You can maintain your lawn," 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; Kona, Big Island, (808) 326-6013; and Lihu'e, Kaua'i (808) 632-2740.

"Homes & Land," TV show features sales in the Islands, noon weekdays on Fox. 591-2222.

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

GARDEN EVENTS

"Nouveau: Everything Spring," third annual landscaping and gardening event with floral arrangement competition and landscaping displays, through Sunday, Kahala Mall. 732-7736, ext. 13 or www.kahalamallcenter.com.

Pua Plantasia Plant Sale, annual Kona Outdoor Circle event with free seminars, entertainment and food booths, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. tomorrow, Outrigger Keauhou Beach Hotel, Big Island. (808) 329-7286.

Foster Botanical Garden tours, 1 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays; free with paid admission of $5 general, $3 kama'aina, $1 children 6-12 years. 522-7066.

Senator Fong's Plantation and Gardens tours, narrated 45-minute tram tours of the Kane'ohe garden's flowers, plants and trees, 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. and 1, 2 and 3 p.m. daily; $14.50, kama'aina discounts available. 239-6775, fonggarden.com.

Lyon Arboretum self-guided tours, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday except federal and state holidays; free. 988-0461.

Royal Hawaiian Hotel self-guided tours, more than 50 native Hawaiian and tropical plants and flowers surrounding the Waikiki hotel. Tour pamphlets at the hotel's 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.