HOME EVENTS

Home and Garden Workshops, Home Depot's how-to clinics for January: Creating a Functional Kitchen, 7 p.m. Fridays; Tax Credits for Energy Efficient Homes,10 a.m. Saturdays; Working with Tiles: Floors and Walls, 2 p.m. Saturdays; Organizing Your Closet Space, 1 p.m. Sundays; Installing Interior Lighting, 2 p.m. Sundays; Creating the Connected Home, 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.

Declutter Your Life Seminar, Sharoh Moore discusses the meaning of clutter in your life, family patterns of clutter, how clutter negatively affects health and how to clear it out of your life, noon-5 p.m. tomorrow, Harris United Methodist Church's Komuro lounge; $30 includes lunch. 735-2986, 447-9489.

Feng Shui: What to Expect in 2006, Alan Lum teaches how to prepare for the year of the dog and what to do to maximize good fortune, 9 a.m.-noon Jan. 21, Windward Community College, Hale Kuhina 112; $30. Registration: 235-7433.

Feng Shui: Preparation for the Year of the Fire Dog, presentation by Mia Chen on how to arrange your environment for the most beneficial energy, 11:30 a.m. Jan. 22. Buffet 100 at Ward Warehouse; $5 ($20 with optional lunch). Register by Jan. 20: 256-8423.

"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

Lauhala Flat Coaster/Placemat, Nancy Fujioka teaches how to design, make and maintain a coaster or placemat, 8:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m. tomorrow, Windward Community College; $45. Call for registration, location and supply list: 235-7433.

Maiapilo (pua pilo) Tour, visit this caper plant used in Hawaiian medicines and other native plants, 10 a.m. tomorrow, Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Mamalahoa Highway, Kona, Big Island; free. (808) 323-3318.

Foster Botanical Garden Guided Tours, 1 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays; tomorrow, the tour, led by Liesel Vander Leeden, will feature the history of William F. Hillebrand; tours included with admission of $5 general, $3 kama'aina, $1 ages 6-12. 522-7066.

Lauhala Turtles, Lucas Esdicul teaches how to make an 8-inch turtle using lauhala leaves, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday or Jan. 25, Foster Botanical Garden; $12 ($10 members). 522-7064.

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 and 1 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 the hotel's 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.