HOME EVENTS

Kids Workshop, bird feeder, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday; 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.

Home Workshops, Home Depot's how-to clinics for April: Preparing Garden Beds for Spring, 10 a.m. Saturdays; You Can Upgrade and Renew Your Deck, 1 p.m. Sundays; Installing the Right Fence, 7 p.m. Thursdays; 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.

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.

"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.

GARDEN EVENTS

Hawaiian Lei Making Workshop, 9 a.m.-noon today, Waimanalo District Park; free, bring supplies: flowers, fern, ti leaves and clippers. 259-8015.

Lyon Arboretum Association Spring Plant and Craft Sale, fundraiser with 30 Island plant vendors, new plant introductions, book and gift shop, lei, jams and jellies, crafts, Waikiki Worm, plant doctor, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Blaisdell Exhibition Hall; free. 988-0464.

"Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration: The Loy McCandless Marks Botanical Library of the National Tropical Botanical Garden," selections from the botanical library of Loy McCandless Marks, Thursday-April 30, Honolulu Academy of Arts; free. 532-8700.

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.

Lyon Arboretum offers an eight-week docent training class which covers botany, horticulture, plant conservation, Hawaiian natural history and ethnobotany and the arboretum's special collections, 10 a.m.-noon Mondays, at the arboretum grounds in Manoa Valley; free, upon completion, docents will be expected to volunteer as garden tour guides. Registration: 988-0461.

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.

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, at the garden; tour admission is $5. (808) 323-3318.

Senator Fong's Plantation and Gardens tours, easy, one-mile 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.

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; or e-mail islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com, with "Home & Garden Cal" in the subject line; or fax 525-8055.