HOME EVENTS

Home and Garden Workshops, Home Depot's how-to clinics: You Can Have Fun With Faux Painting, basic and new techniques, 7 p.m. tonight; You Can Enhance Your Home With Holiday Lighting, 10 a.m. Saturday, also Fun Holiday Home Decor, 2 p.m., and Kids' Workshop with holiday grab bag 9 a.m.-noon; Great Holiday Gifts for Under $100, 1 p.m. Sunday, also, You Can Save Money on your Bills, 2 p.m.; 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.

Workshops at The Green House: Growing Culinary Herbs in Pots, 10 a.m.-noon tomorrow; $15 (students and age 65 and older, $10); Making Soap and Alternative Household Cleaners, 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, $10, (students and age 65 and over, $5), bring spray bottles and containers; Making Biodiesel Fuel, 10 a.m.-noon tomorrow, $20 (students and age 65 and older, $15); 224 Pakohana St., Pauoa Valley; to register e-mail thehawaiigreenhouse@verizon.net or call Betty Gearen at 524-8427.

Holiday Wreath-Making Class, sponsored by the Waimea Outdoor Circle, 10 a.m. Monday, Ulu La'au greenhouse, Waimea Nature Park, Big Island; $25 to create a 14-inch wreath, $40 for an 18-inch one, materials included (plants from the slopes of Mauna Kea), bring own shears; reservations required. (808) 885-5210.

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

Nutcracker Sweet Mini Plant Sale at Foster Botanical Garden, featuring gifts: live chocolate trees, salad bowls, herb baskets, candies, cookies, condiments, syrups, holidays wreaths and decor, demos and sample tasting, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. tomorrow; no entrance fee. 522-7064.

Christmas Plant Sale, succulents, cactus plants, indoor and outdoor bromeliads, dish gardens and hanging planters, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Filipino Community Center, Waipahu; free admission, sponsored by the Cactus and Succulent Society of Hawaii. 622-5500.

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 Garden tours, guided one-mile easy walk among 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.

Lyon Arboretum self-guided garden tour, 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, at Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Kona, Big Island; $5. (808) 323-3318.

Self-Guided Garden Walking Tour, view more than 50 native Hawaiian and tropical plants surrounding The Royal Hawaiian hotel in Waikiki. Tour pamphlet available at the hotel's concierge desk. 923-7311.