HOME EVENTS

Home and Garden Workshops, Home Depot's how-to clinics: Build a Planter Bench, 10 a.m. Saturday; Organizing Your Closet Space, 1 p.m. Sunday; How to Measure and Install Window Treatments, 7 p.m. Thursday; 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

Orchids in Paradise, a salute to the Filipino Centennial in Hawai'i, the Garden Island Orchid Show with plants on display and for sale during the Kaua'i County Farm Fair, 6 p.m.-midnight today, noon-midnight tomorrow and noon-6 p.m. Sunday (fair closes at 11 p.m.), Vidihna Stadium, Lihu'e, Kaua'i; free. (808) 828-2120.

Healing Plants, discussion of Marshallese healing by Irene J. Taafaki, Maria Kabua Fowler and Randolph R. Thaman, authors of "Traditional Medicine in the Marshall Islands," 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Native Books/Na Mea Hawai'i, Ward Warehouse; free, with a book signing to follow. 596-8885.

The Art and Science of Pruning, seminar on pruning and tree care with Nelda Matheny and Jim Clark of Hortscience, Inc., 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday, McCoy Pavilion, Ala Moana Beach Park; sponsored by The Hawaii Society of Urban Forestry Professionals; $60 for HSUFP members, $80 for non-members, includes lunch and all materials. Reservations required: 656-5141, ext. 2009, www.hsufp.org.

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.

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 Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com, with "Home & Garden Cal" in the subject line; or fax 525-8055.