Posted on: Friday, March 18, 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

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. today and tomorrow, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Del Monte Kunia Gymnasium, Kunia Village; $2. 456-4113.

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

Easter Sale and Orchid Show, the Kona Daifukuji Orchid Club displays and sales plants, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. tomorrow, plus shops hold a sidewalk sale, photo opportunity with the Easter Bunny, keiki activities and petting zoo, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. tomorrow, Keauhou Shopping Center, Kona, Big Island; free admission. (808) 322-3000.

"Nouveau: Everything Spring," third annual landscaping and gardening displays with flowers, plants and water features throughout the mall, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays, through April 3, Kahala Mall; free. 732-7736, www.kahalamallcenter.com.

"It's Raining Orchids," orchid show and sale sponsored by the Windward Orchid Society, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. March 25 and 26, and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 27, King Intermediate School armory, 46-155 Kamehameha Highway; $2 donation requested, free for seniors 65 and older and children under 12. 239-5415.

25th annual Anthurium Plant Show and Sale, displays of prize-winning anthuriums, educational workshops, floral arrangements, lei and plants for sale, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. March 25 and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 26, Ward Warehouse; free admission. 455-8024.

Garden Tours, offered at 1 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays, Foster Botanical Garden; 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. Mondays through Fridays, 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 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.