HOME EVENTS

Home and Garden Workshops, Home Depot's how-to clinics: Family Fire Safety, 10 a.m. Saturday; Creating an Energy Efficient Home, 1 p.m. Sunday; 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.

"Color is the Natural Prozac," workshop on the psychology of color, led by Amy Archer, who demonstrates how to coordinate a room with styles, fabrics, colors and accessories, 1 p.m. tomorrow, HomeWorld Furniture, 702 S. Beretania St.; free. Reservations: 543-5300. Also, 1 p.m. Sunday, HomeWorld Furniture, 'Aiea; free. Reservations: 488-1065.

"Homes & Land," TV show visits homes and land for sale in Hawai'i, noon weekdays, Fox affiliate channel 2 (broadcast) and channel 3 (cable). 591-2222.

Furniture Workshop Tours, learn about the history and craft of Hawaiian furniture, 9 a.m.-noon Wednesday, Martin & MacArthur Workshop and Showroom, 1815 Kahai St.; free. Reservations: 845-6688.

GARDEN EVENTS

Hawai'i Floriculture Industry Seminar, presentations by Tom Lavaghetto, Bob Ludhultz and Joe Cialone on the economic potential for flower growers in Hawai'i, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. today Hilton Hawaiian Village, part of the Ag 2006 Conference; $100 includes lunch. Register: www.agconference.org, 947-2914.

Hawaii Bonsai Cultural Center Tour, Walter Liew gives a two-hour guided tour with an introduction to bonsai, demonstration of growing methods, a tour of Liew's personal plant collection and a souvenir calendar, 9-11 a.m. Saturday, meet at Windward Community College's Hale Akoakoa parking lot for bus transportation to Waimanalo; $30. Register: 235-7434.

"Plants That Heal," lectures on medicinal plants from Western, Chinese, Indian and Hawaiian cultures, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Gardens, Kane'ohe; $20 garden members, $25 nonmembers (additional charge for lunch). 537-1708.

Lauhala Ornaments, learn how to weave decorations for the holidays, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesdays, Foster Botanical Garden; $10 for garden members, $12 nonmembers. Reservations: 522-7064.

Kumula'au Arbor Day Celebration, learn how to make a ti-leaf lei and take home a Hawaiian plant, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Outrigger Reef on the Beach; free (ti-leaf logs and hibiscus plants are pre-approved by the Department of Agriculture for transport out of Hawai'i). 924-6007. Also, hundreds of varieties of native Hawaiian plants with displays of leaf-printing and wood sculptures, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 3, Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach; free (921-9731) and plant giveaway, 9-11 a.m. Nov. 4, Outrigger Keauhou Beach, Big Island; free (808) 324-2553.

Arbor Day Tree and Shrub Giveaway, free native, fruit-bearing and exotic trees and shrubs as well as growing tips from horticulturists, 7 a.m. Nov. 4 (until supplies run out) Hawaiian Electric Co.'s power plants and other facilities in Wai'anae, Pearl City, Honolulu, Kailua, Wahiawa and the North Shore; one free tree per family. Schedule: www.arbordayhawaii.org.

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. 239-6775.

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 on the Big Island offers 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 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; slandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com, with "Home & Garden Cal" in the subject line; or fax 525-8055.