HOME EVENTS

Home Workshops, Home Depot's how-to clinics for February: Installing Easy Flooring, 7 p.m. Fridays; Interior Painting: Basic and New Techniques, 10 a.m. Saturdays; Designing the Perfect Bathroom, 2 p.m. Saturdays; Innovative Energy Efficient Lighting, 1 p.m. Sundays; Update Your Cabinets and Fixtures, 2 p.m. Sundays; Hanging and Repairing Drywall, 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.

"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

Mini Plant Sale, purchase plants including cacao, clove, ginger, bromeliad, ficus and more, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. tomorrow, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Gardens, Kane'ohe; free admission. 537-1708.

Foster Botanical Garden Guided Tours, 1 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays; tomorrow, join Wayne Wong for a tour with emphasis on the garden's medicinal plants; included with admission of $5 general, $3 kama'aina, $1 ages 6-12. 522-7066.

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

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

Self-Guided Garden Walking Tour, view more than 50 native Hawaiian and tropical plants and flowers surrounding The Royal Hawaiian in Waikiki. Tour pamphlet available at the hotel's 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.