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Seattle Home Show 2005 - Saturday-Feb. 27. More than 600 displays of home and garden projects plus Idea Street featuring furnished and landscaped model homes. Hours are Saturdays, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sundays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday, 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m., Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-8:30 p.m., and Friday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Qwest Field Event Cent, 1000 Occidental Avenue S, between Safeco Field and Qwest Field. $9/adults, $5/seniors, $3/ages 7-15, free/age 6 and under. (206) 932-3145.

“Seeing Color in a Different Light” – Using Black and Silver in the Garden, by Karen Platt from Sheffield, England, an expert on black plants. Saturday. 2-4 p.m., Spokane Community College Lair Auditorium, 1810 N. Greene St. $5/advance, $7/door. 535-8434.

Inland Empire Bonsai Society - There will be construction of training boxes for further development of roots of Bonsai trees. Meets third Sunday of each month. noon-3 p.m., Manito Park Garden Center. 455-9576.

Home and Yard Show - 27th annual event. Feb. 24-25, noon-9 p.m., Feb. 26, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Feb. 27, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Spokane Fair & Expo Center, Havana at Broadway. $6/general, 12 and under/free. 924-0588.