HOME EVENTS

Home and Garden Workshops, Home Depot's how-to clinics: Choosing the Right Light Fixture, 10 a.m. Saturdays; Installing Bathroom Faucets, 1 p.m. Sundays; How to Measure and Install Window Treatments, 7 p.m. Thursdays; 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.

Clutterstompers, monthly meeting for those wanting to overcome hoarding and eliminate the clutter in their lives, 2-4 p.m. tomorrow, Harris United Methodist Church's Komuro Lounge; $10 yearly membership plus $1 per meeting. 723-1673, www.clutterstompers.com.

"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.

CALL FOR GARDEN GUIDES

Lyon Arboretum now recruiting volunteers to lead guided tours of the garden. Eight-week training program, 10-11:30 a.m. Mondays, Aug. 21-Oct. 23 (no class Sept. 4), at the arboretum; free training provided with commitment to lead two tours each month. 988-0461.

GARDEN EVENTS

Benefit Plant Sale, large palms, hibiscus, green rose, dwarf mondo grass and other plants grown by women in the Environmental Sciences Vocational Training program at the Women's Community Correctional Center, 8 a.m.-noon tomorrow, Kailua Elementary School parking lot; free admission, proceeds of the sale supports the vocational training program at WCCC. 263-4040.

Know Your Natives, workshop in native Hawaiian plant identification with botanist Tim Tunison, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. tomorrow, begins in Volcano Village, Big Island and the Niaulani Nature Trail, then continuing into Kapuka Pua'ulu (Bird Park); $40. (808) 967-8222.

Mounting Orchids, Doug DeMoss teaches how to grown orchids out of the pot, 10 a.m.-noon Aug. 19, Waimea Valley Audubon Center, North Shore; $6 plus admission of $8 general, $5 kama'aina. 638-9199.

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.