HOME EVENTS

Home and Garden Workshops, Home Depot's how-to clinics: "You can install easy flooring solutions," 7 p.m. Friday; "Family Fire Safety," 10 a.m. Saturday; "You can have fun with color and faux effects ," 2 p.m. Saturday; "You can install track lighting," 1 p.m. Sunday; "You can update your kitchen countertops and cabinets," 1 p.m. Sunday; "You can enhance your home with holiday lighting," 7 p.m. Thursday; 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.

"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

Trick or Trees, fundraising dinner with entertainment, fortunetellers, live and silent auction, awards ceremony, 5:30 p.m. tomorrow, Hilton Hawaiian Village; partygoers are encouraged to dressin costumes or evening attire with masks; $150 to benefit The Outdoor Circle's "Moving Billboards Out of Hawai'i," campaign. Reservations: 593-0300, www.outdoorcircle.org.

Arbor Day Tree Giveaway, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Arbor Day, Hawaiian Electric Co. sponsors a giveaway of trees and shrubs on a "first-come, first-served" basis, 7 a.m. Nov. 5 at HECO Ward Avenue facility, HECO Kahe Power Plant, Urban Garden Center in Pearl City, HECO Ko'olau Base Yard in Kailua, Wahiawa Botanical Gardens; and at 9 a.m. Nov. 5 at Waimea Valley Audubon Center on the North Shore. Other plant giveaways are the Kumula'au Arbor Day celebrations: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, Outrigger Reef on the Beach in Waikiki; 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 4 at Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach; 8:30 a.m.-noon Nov. 5 at Amy Greenwell Garden, Captain Cook, Big Island; 9-11 a.m. Nov. 5, Outrigger Keauhou Beach Resort, Kona, Big Island; also, 9 a.m.-noon Nov. 5, 150 Kanaloa Ave., Kahului, Maui, sponsored by Maui Nui Botanical Gardens, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Maui Electric Co. and the Maui Board of Water Supply.

The Ultimate Rose-Care Workshop, learn about soil structure, fertilizing, pests and diseases from specialists Tommy Cairns and Luis Desamero, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 5, Kapi'olani Community College, 'Ohi'a 118; $50 includes lunch and class manual; sponsored by Honolulu Rose Society. Information: 488-5230. Registration deadline is Monday.

Intermediate Orchid Workshop, will cover dividing and repotting, plant nutrition, pest control and propagation, 9:30 a.m.-noon Nov. 5, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Gardens; $20 botanical garden members, $22 nonmembers. Register: 537-1708.

Garden Tour, guided tours at 1 p.m., Mondays-Saturdays, Foster Botanical Garden; tours included with 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 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.