Posted on: Friday, March 11, 2005

Home & Garden Calendar

Advertiser Staff

HOME EVENTS

Home and Garden Workshops, Home Depot's how-to clinics for March: You Can Have Fun with Color and Faux, 7 p.m. Fridays; You Can Measure and Install Window Treatments, 10 a.m. Saturdays; You Can Prep and Paint Your Home Interior, 2 p.m. Saturdays; You Can Use a Finish Nailer, 2 p.m. Sundays; You Can Install Laminate Flooring, 7 p.m. Tuesdays; You Can Lay Ceramic Tile, 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

Kupuna Festival, plant sales and exhibits, cooking demonstrations and talks on organic gardening and flower, plant and vegetable growing, entertainment and food booths, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Parker Ranch Center, Waimea, Big Island; free. (808) 329-0833.

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 Tuesday. Entry forms available at www.bonsai-wbff.org. (540) 672-5699.

51st Kunia Orchid Show, eight O'ahu orchid clubs display their plants with educational lectures at 1 p.m. each day, food and plants for sale, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. March 18 and 19, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 20, Del Monte Kunia gymnasium, Kunia Village; $2. 456-4113.

Garden Island Orchid Show, 1-6 p.m. March 18 and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 19, United Church of Christ, Hanapepe, Kaua'i; free admission. (808) 742-0333.

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, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays, 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.