HOME EVENTS

Home and Garden Workshops, Home Depot's how-to clinics for April and May: Rose Gardening 101, 10 a.m. Saturday; Planting trees and shrubs, 1 p.m. Sunday; Painting Your Home's Exterior, 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.

Do-It-Herself Workshops, classes designed especially for women: Give Your Front Yard a Facelift, 6:30 p.m. Monday, and Enhance Your Backyard Living Space, 7:30 p.m. Monday, 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

The Silk Road, competitive flower show presented by the Garden Club of Honolulu with displays of a variety of classes of flower arrangements, photography, and floral jewelry with educational exhibits, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. today, Honolulu Academy of Arts; continues 1-5 p.m. tomorrow; free admission. 532-8700.

'Ohana Festival, plant sale, food and game booths, prizes and White Elephant sale, 1-7 p.m. today, Saint Louis School's Gerber fieldhouse; repeats 10 a.m.-4 p.m. April 29; free admission. 739-4800.

Growing Bamboo in Hawai'i, workshop led by Peter Berg and Susan Ruskin of Quindembo Bamboo Nursery, 9:30 a.m.-noon tomorrow, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden; $25 ($20 garden members). Registration required: 537-1708.

Bamboo Sale, plants including six new clumping types from Quindembo Bamboo Nursery, noon Saturday, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden; free. 537-1708.

2nd annual Jacaranda Festival and Tea Party, plant and flower sale, food sales and samples, new product displays and demos, hat contest, entertainment by the Hula Honeys and prizes, 12:30-5:30 p.m. tomorrow, Kula Lodge, Upcountry Maui; free admission, a portion of the profits benefit the Women Helping Women's Shelter. (808) 878-2135.

1,000 Tree Give-Away, trees and shrubs grown by Malama o Manoa will be available with arborists on site to give advice on care, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Manoa District Park pavilion; free on a first-come, first-served basis. 988-4880.

Lei-Making Workshop, make a lei using the method of your choice and enter in the Honolulu City & County Lei Contest, 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Kailua District Park; free, bring flowers, leaves, tapestry and lei needles and thread; free. 266-7652.

"Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration: The Loy McCandless Marks Botanical Library of the National Tropical Botanical Garden," selections from the botanical illustration library of Loy McCandless Marks, through Sunday, Honolulu Academy of Arts; free. 532-8700.

Kona Orchid Show, orchids on display and for sale, noon-7 p.m. May 5 and 9 a.m.-7 p.m. May 6, Hale Halewai, Ali'i Drive, Kona, Big Island; free admission. 247-3345.

Scenic Hawaii seeks nominations in four categories for the 2006 Betty Crocker Landscape Awards planned for June 28: professional landscapers for a design seen by the public; private gardeners for a design in their own yards or neighborhoods; volunteer groups and community associations for community gardens they developed and maintain; xeriscape gardens, either public or private, that emphasize plants that require less water than traditional plantings. Send nominations with supporting information or photographs to Scenic Hawaii, Landscape Awards, P.O. Box 10501, Honolulu, HI 96816. 259-8702. Deadline for nominations is May 19.

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.

Senator Fong's Plantation and Gardens tours, one-mile easy guided walk to view the Kane'ohe garden's flowers, plants and trees, 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. daily; $14.50, kama'aina discounts available. 239-6775.

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; tour admission is $5. (808) 323-3318.

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.