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Posted on: Friday, April 22, 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.

"Bedrooms on a Budget," do-it-yourself seminar on remodeling your home, 1 p.m. tomorrow, HomeWorld Pearlridge; 488-1065. Also, 1 p.m. Sunday, HomeWorld Honolulu; 543-5300. Both seminars are free, but reservations recommended.

"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

Kaua'i Healing Garden, a week of activities celebrating the multi-cultural medicinal and nutritional plants of Hawai'i, tomorrow through April 30, with a symposium, garden tours, Chinese medicine workshop, Ayurvedic cooking class, organic gardening practice. For complete schedule, reservations and costs: (808) 638-0880 or www.kauaihealthguide.com/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, 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden; $10 supply fee. Registration required: 522-7064.

"Bugged by Fruit Flies?" a workshop teaches identification of and control tactics for fruit flies, 9 a.m.-noon April 30, Pearl City Urban Garden Center's conference room; free. Reservations deadline is today: 453-6050.

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, that emphasize 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. 254-8702. Deadline for nominations is May 15.

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

Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden guided tours focusing on canoe plants (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. 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.