HOME EVENTS

Home and Garden Workshops, Home Depot's how-to clinics: Choosing the Right Light Fixture, 10 a.m. Saturdays; Installing Bathroom Faucets, 1 p.m. Sundays; How to Measure and Install Window Treatments, 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.

Kids Workshop, make a pencil box for school, 9 a.m.-noon tomorrow, at the Home Depot stores listed above; for ages 5-12 accompanied by an adult; free.

Decoding Color, StyleIn hosts Marion Philpotts-Miller and Jonathan Staub discussing the color palette and how to create your home's color scheme, 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, Pacific Home, 420 Ward Ave.; free, with wine, soda and light pupu reception. www.pacifichome.com, 596-9338.

"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 GUIDES NEEDED

Lyon Arboretum is recruiting volunteers to lead tours of the garden. Eight-week training program begins 10-11:30 a.m. Mondays, Aug. 21-Oct. 23 (no class Sept. 4 and Oct. 9), at the arboretum; free training provided with commitment to lead two tours each month. 988-0461.

GARDEN EVENTS

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

18th annual Open House and Unthirsty Plant Sale, workshops and classes, garden tours and sale of drought-tolerant and native Hawaiian plants, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. tomorrow, Halawa Xeriscape Garden, 99-1268 Iwaena St.; free admission. 748-5041.

Know Your Natives, workshop in native Hawaiian plant identification with botanist Tim Tunison, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Aug. 12, beginning in Volcano Village, Big Island, and the Niaulani Nature Trail, then continuing into Kipuka Pua'ulu (Bird Park); $40. (808) 967-8222.

Senator Fong's Plantation and Gardens tours, 1-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. 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.

Guided Tours, view plants of the rainforest, 10-11:30 a.m. Mondays-Fridays, Lyon Arboretum, Manoa Valley; free. Reservations: 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 Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com, with "Home & Garden Cal" in the subject line; or fax 525-8055.