KIDSDAY AT HOME DEPOT, children learn to build a window box planter to take home and receive other gifts, 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Home Depot stores in Honolulu, Pearl City and on Maui; free. 521-7355, 455-1200, (808) 893-7800.

HOME DEPOT WORKSHOPS, free home-improvement clinics at stores in Honolulu, Pearl City and on Maui: "Install Ceramic Tile," 10:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday; "Install Storage Organization," 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; "Install Presto/ Prego Flooring," 3 p.m. Saturday; "Install Outdoor Decor Lighting," 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; and "Install Sheet Vinyl Flooring" 4 p.m. Sunday. 521-7355, 455-1200, (808) 893-7800.

GARDEN EVENTS

LESS THIRSTY PLANTS WORKSHOP, learn how to landscape using "akamai wai" gardening techniques and plants, 9 a.m.-noon tomorrow, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Gardens; $30 for members of botanical gardens, $40 nonmembers. 537-1708.

HALAWA XERISCAPE GARDEN OPEN HOUSE AND UNTHIRSTY PLANT SALE, annual fund-raiser with garden tours, workshops, craft displays and plant sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. tomorrow, Halawa Xeriscape Garden, 'Iwaena Street; free. 537-1708 or 488-8523 tomorrow only.

"SEED STORAGE: HERITAGE AND CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES," learn own to store and then germinate seed, 9-11 a.m. tomorrow, Lyon Arboretum; $18 members, $20 nonmembers. (808) 988-0456.

"A CROWN OF ORCHIDS," Leeward Orchid & Plant Show, presented by the 'Ewa Orchid Society, with demonstrations, lectures, plant sale and prizes, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. next Friday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 10 and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 11, Waipahu High School Cafetorium; $2 adult donation, children free. 689-7394.