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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, July 28, 2006

Home and garden calendar

Advertiser Staff

HOME EVENTS

"Fall In Love With Your Home Again," 2nd annual Remodel It Right Expo 2006, with panel discussions, displays and exhibits, 5-9 p.m. today, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. tomorrow and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Hawai'i Convention Center; $3 per day or $4 for three-day pass with discounts for seniors on Sunday or print discount from the Building Industry Association of Hawaii, www.bia-rir.com.

Home and Garden Workshops, Home Depot's how-to clinics: Cooling Solutions, 10 a.m. Saturday; Selecting and Installing Doors and Windows, 1 p.m. Sunday; How to Measure and Install Window Treatments, 7 p.m. Thursday. 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 affiliate, 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

Orchid Sale and Show, plant display and sale, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Aug. 4, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 5, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 6, Edith Kanaka'ole Stadium, Hilo, Big Island; free admission, sponsored by the Hilo Orchid Society. (808) 968-8196.

Senator Fong's Plantation and Gardens tours, 1-mile easy guided walk to view the Kane'ohe garden's flowers, plants and trees, 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. daily; $14.50, kama'aina discounts available. 239-6775.

Foster Botanical Garden Guided Tours, 1 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays; included with admission of $5 general, $3 kama'aina, $1 ages 6-12. 522-7066.

Lyon Arboretum Self-Guided Garden Tour, view and identify plants at the arboretum, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, except federal and state holidays; free. 988-0461.

Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, guided tours focusing on canoe plants (plants brought to the Islands during Polynesian migration), 1 p.m. Wednesdays and a tour highlighting Native Hawaiian medicinal plants, 1 p.m. Fridays, $5. (808) 323-3318.

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.