HOME EVENTS

Introduction to Basic Drywall Home Repairs: Clayton Nueva teaches about materials, tools and equipment, installation and repairs and personal safety for home drywall repair, 8 a.m.-noon tomorrow, Windward Community College Hale 'Iolani 117; $60 includes book. Register: 235-7433.

Lavish Landscapes: learn how to revitalize your outdoor living space from construction and landscaping vendors, 3-6 p.m. Sunday, Koko Marina Center's marina courtyard, Hawai'i Kai; free. www.kokomarinacenter.com.

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

Garden Clean-Up, learn how to identify and control common weeds and volunteer to prepare the garden for the Grow Hawaiian Festival; 8:30 a.m.-noon, Saturday; plus, Noa Lincoln lead a tour of food crops, 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday; free. Also, 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. Also, Ho'okupu Plant Propagation Club for ages 6-14 to learn about Hawaiian plants and their cultural uses, 1:45-3:30 p.m. Wednesdays, free. Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Kona, Big Island. (808) 323-3318.

Foster Botanical Garden Guided Tours, 1 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays; with a tour led by Liesel Vander Leeden on the history of William F. Hillebrand, 1-2:30 p.m Saturday; included with admission of $5 general, $3 kama'aina, $1 ages 6-12. 522-7066.

Lauhala Turtles, Lucas Esdicul teaches how to weave a 6-inch turtle, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, Foster Botanical Gardens; $10. Reservations: 522-7064.

Worm Workshop, learn to make organic fertilizer using worms that feed on household food scraps and other materials, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Feb. 17, Waimea Valley Audubon Center; $20, sponsored by Waikiki Worm Company and Kokua Hawai'i Foundation. 638-9199. Registration deadline is Thursday.

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.

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.