Posted on: Friday, February 18, 2005

Home & Garden Calendar

Advertiser Staff

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; Kona, Big Island, (808) 326-6013; and Lihu'e, Kaua'i (808) 632-2740.

"A New Room in a Snap," design team Debi Spellman, Jennifer Garner and Harrison Shin show how small changes, including moving furniture, rotating art and adding accessories, can make a room look fresh and new, 1 p.m. Feb. 26, HomeWorld Honolulu on Beretania; free. 543-5300. Also, 1 p.m. Feb. 27, HomeWorld Pearlridge; free. 488-1065.

"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

Grafting Workshop, Frani Okamoto and Sunao Kakoka teach cleft and bark grafting for propagating fruit and ornamental trees, 1:30-3 p.m. Thursday, Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Mamalahoa Highway, Kona, Big Island; $15 general, free for Bishop Museum members. (808) 323-3318.

5th World Bonsai Convention, to be held in Washington, D.C., on 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 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.