HOME EVENTS

Home and Garden Workshops, Home Depot's how-to clinics for August: "You can update your kitchen cabinets and fixtures," 7 p.m. Fridays; "You can have fun with faux painting," 10 a.m. Saturdays; "You can update your bathroom cabinets and fixtures ," 2 p.m. Saturdays; "You can use a power drill to build a bookcase," 2 p.m. Sundays; "You can clean and prep with pressure washers," 7 p.m. Tuesdays; "You can create storage and organizational solutions," 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.

"You Can Get Organized," a do-it-yourself workshop for women of all ages, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday, at the Home Depot stores listed above; free.

"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

Leeward Orchid Show, sales and displays, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. today; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. tomorrow; 9 a.m.3 p.m. Sunday, Waipahu High School; $2. 247-3345.

"Learn the Art of Container Gardening," David Staub of Tropical Garden Accents teaches how to combine colors and textures for indoor and outdoor ceramic containers, with light pupu and wine, 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, Pacific Home, 1115 Young St.; free. 596-9338.

Garden Tour, guided tours offered at 1 p.m., Mondays-Saturdays, Foster Botanical Garden; free with paid admission of $5 general, $3 kama'aina, $1 children ages 6-12. 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. Tour pamphlet available at the 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.