HOME EVENTS

Home and Garden Workshops, Home Depot's how-to clinics for National Home Improvement Week: Lighting Solutions for Holiday Entertaining, 7 p.m. today; Create an Energy Efficient Home, 10 a.m. Saturday; Flooring Solutions, 1 p.m. Sunday; Simple Ways to Refresh Your Kitchen, 7 p.m. Monday; Window Covering Basics, 7 p.m. Tuesday; Simple Bathroom Repairs and Upgrades, 7 p.m. Wednesday; and Painting Touch-Up and Technique, 7 p.m. Thursday; all 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, create a picture frame, 9 a.m.-noon, at the Home Depot stores listed above; for ages 5-12 accompanied by an adult; free.

Home Safety Assessment, presentation by Ginger Lockette and Tom Vander Hout, 12:15-1:15 p.m. Wednesday, Windward YMCA, Kailua; free with light pupu lunch provided. 261-0808.

Chemical Safety at Home, learn to protect your family by storing and disposing chemicals safely, with Miles Nirei, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Windward Community College Hale 'Imiloa; free.

"Homes & Land," TV show visits homes and land for sale in Hawai'i, noon weekdays, Fox affiliate channel 2 (broadcast) and channel 3 (cable). 591-2222.

Furniture Workshop Tours, learn about the history and craft of Hawaiian furniture, 9 a.m.-noon Wednesday, Martin & MacArthur Workshop and Showroom, 1815 Kahai St.; free. Reservations: 845-6688.

GARDEN EVENTS

Arbor Day Celebration, hundreds of varieties of native Hawaiian plants with displays of leaf-printing and wood sculptures, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. today, Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach; free (921-9731) and plant giveaway, 9-11 a.m. tomorrow Outrigger Keauhou Beach, Big Island; free (808) 324-2553.

Arbor Day Tree and Shrub Giveaway, free native, fruit-bearing and exotic trees and shrubs as well as growing tips from horticulturists, 7 a.m. tomorrow (until supplies run out) Hawaiian Electric Co.'s power plants and other facilities in Wai'anae, Pearl City, Honolulu, Kailua, Wahiawa and the North Shore, one free tree per family. Complete schedule: www .arbordayhawaii.org.

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.

Lauhala Ornaments, learn how to weave decorations for the holidays, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesdays, Foster Botanical Garden; $10 for garden members, $12 nonmembers. Reservations: 522-7064.

Senator Fong's Plantation and Gardens tours, one-mile (1.5 hour) easy guided walk to view the Kane'ohe garden's flowers, plants and trees, 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. daily (keiki-focused tour, 1 p.m. Sunday), 47-285 Pulama Road; $14.50, kama'aina discounts available. 239-6775.

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 hotel's 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.