Posted on: Friday, April 15, 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, 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 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
Lei Po'o (Wili Method) Class, Doris Lee and Betsy Tsuhaku teach how to make a lei for May Day from flowers in your garden, 1-2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wahiawa Botanical Garden; $10 supply fee. Registration required: 522-7064.
Ti Lei Making Class, the staff teaches how to prepare ti leaves for a variety of lei, 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden; free. Registration required: 522-7064.
"April Flowers," discover the presence of flowers in art and view floral displays and Ikebana demonstrations; keiki art activities include making a giant tissue-paper flower or mini bouquet; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Honolulu Academy of Arts; free admission to all galleries and activities. 532-8700.
Scenic Hawaii seeks nominations in four categories for the 2005 Betty Crocker Landscape Awards planned for June 28: professional landscapers, for a design seen by the public; private gardeners, for a design in their own yards; volunteer groups and community associations, for community gardens they developed and maintain; xeriscape gardens, either public or private, emphasizing plants that require less water than traditional plantings. Send nominations with supporting information or photographs to Scenic Hawaii, Landscape Awards, P.O. Box 10501, Honolulu, HI 96816.
Foster Botanical Gardens tour, guided tours at 1 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays; free with paid admission of $5 general, $3 kama'aina, $1 ages 6-12. 522-7066.
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden guided tours focusing on canoe plants (brought to the Islands during Polynesian migration), 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.
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.
Lyon Arboretum self-guided garden tour, view and identify plants at the arboretum, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday except federal and state holidays; free. 988-0461.
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 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.
