HOME EVENTS

Home and Garden Workshops, Home Depot's how-to clinics for September: "You can install low-voltage outdoor lighting," 7 p.m. Fridays; "You can have fun with faux painting," 10 a.m. Saturdays; "You can update your kitchen cabinets and fixtures," 2 p.m. Saturdays; "You can save money on your energy bills," 2 p.m. Sundays; "You can install vinyl replacement windows," 7 p.m. Tuesdays; "You can lay ceramic tile," 7 p.m. Thursdays; 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.

Color Your World, home designer Jamie Jackson teaches how to combine colors for your living spaces, with emphasis on fabrics and furniture that work well with our island environment, 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, Pacific Home; refreshments and class are free. 596-9338.

How to Dress a Room, workshop led by Amy Archer on trends in fabrics, styles, colors and accessories for the home, 1 p.m. Sept. 24, HomeWorld in Honolulu; free. Registration: 543-5300. Also, 1 p.m. Sept. 24, HomeWorld in 'Aiea; free. Registration: 488-1065.

"Hawai'i: a Sense of Place, Island Interior Design," re-creation of period rooms from 1930s and 1940s Hawai'i using furniture featured in the book by the same name by Mary Philpotts McGrath, Kaui Philpotts and David Duncan Livingston, through Oct. 23, Bishop Museum Vestibule Gallery; included with admission of $14.95 general and $11.95 for ages 4-12, kama'aina discounts available. 847-3511.

"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

Chinatown Tour for Harvest Moon Festival, join Nathan Wong, garden coordinator for the Honolulu botanical gardens, to see fruits, vegetables and sweets important to the Chinese Harvest Moon Festival, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. today, meet at Marin Towers, street level; $10 for Friends of Honolulu Botanical Gardens, $12 for nonmembers; optional dim sum lunch with Wong following the tour for an additional fee. 537-1708.

Plants, Herbs and Potions Sale, greenery for your garden, herbs for your kitchen and jams, jellies, chutneys and flavored oils for cooking offered by Kane'ohe Outdoor Circle during the Castle Renaissance Faire, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. tomorrow, Castle High School cafeteria, Kane'ohe; free admission. 233-5600.

Garden Docent Training, weekly classes to prepare volunteer guides for the garden, 10-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Sept. 20-Nov. 8, Foster Botanical Garden; $15 deposit, which is refunded after 25 hours of volunteer service. Additional information and registration: 522-7055.

Tropical American Plants, a multi-media exhibit on flowers, fruits and plant products from the New World tropics, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. daily through Sept. 28, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kane'ohe; free. 233-7323.

Foster Garden Tour, guided tours at 1 p.m., Mondays-Saturdays, Foster Botanical Garden; free with paid admission of $5 general, $3 kama'aina, $1 ages 6-12 years. 522-7066.

Senator Fong's Plantation and Gardens tours, narrated 45-minute tram tours of the Kane'ohe garden's flowers, plants and trees, 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. and 1, 2 and 3 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; also, tour highlighting Native Hawaiian medicinal plants, 1 p.m. Fridays, Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Mamalahoa Highway, Kona, Big Island; $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 Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; islandlife@honolulu advertiser.com, with "Home & Garden Cal" in the subject line; or fax 525-8055.