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Posted on: Friday, February 11, 2005

Home & Garden Calendar

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HOME EVENTS

Home and Garden Workshops, Home Depot's how-to clinics for February: You Can Install a Faucet, 7 p.m. Fridays; You Can Update Your Countertops and Cabinets, 10 a.m. Saturdays; You Can Install Moulding and Trim, 2 p.m. Saturdays; You Can Have Fun with Color and Faux, 2 p.m. Sundays; Power Tools 101: You Can Use a Miter Saw, 7 p.m. Tuesdays; You Can Install Easy Flooring Solutions, 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.

Feng Shui for the New Year, learn the basic principles of the traditional Chinese art of feng shui from Sharissa Chun, including elements, placement, cures, colors and directions, 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday; $25. Call for location and registration: 536-4229.

"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

Maui Orchid Society Show, continues 8 a.m.-4 p.m. today and tomorrow, Maui Mall, Kahului, Maui; free admission. (808) 575-9657.

Spring Rose Show, 30th anniversary competitive show of hybrid tea, floribunda, miniatures and old-fashioned roses, with rose bouquets for sale and gardening tips from Honolulu Rose Society members, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. tomorrow, Windward Mall center court.

Narcissus and Bonsai Display, viewing of crab-claw and up-right cultures in the annual Chinese New Year display and examples of bonsai from members of Hawaii Bonsai Association, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. tomorrow and 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Honolulu Academy of Arts courtyards. Narcissus growers may submit their plants for viewing in the show between 8 and 9:30 a.m. tomorrow Plants that are chosen may be picked up after 4 p.m. Sunday. 532-8700.

5th World Bonsai Convention, to be held in Washington, D.C., May 28-31, has extended the deadline for entries. Submit slides or digital images for preliminary selection before March 15. Entry forms for all categories available at www.bonsai-wbff.org. (540) 672-5699.

Garden Tour focuses on species of Hawai'i's native loulu (fan) palms, 10 a.m. tomorrow, Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Mamalahoa Highway, Kona, Big Island; free. (808) 323-3318.

Garden Tours, narrated 45-minute tram tours of the garden's flowers, plants and 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 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.