HOME EVENTS

Holiday craft workshops: Create a holiday candle wreath with dried and live seeds, pods, leaves, pine cones and plant parts 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden; FHBG members $25, nonmembers $27; 537-1708. Make holiday decorations from dried garden materials 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, Wahiawa Botanical Garden; $12 fee, FHBG members $10. 522-7064.

Home and garden workshops: Home Depot's how-to clinics for November: "You can have fun with faux painting," 7 p.m. Fridays; "You can lay ceramic tile," 10 a.m. Saturdays; "You can update your bathroom cabinets and fixtures," 2 p.m. Saturdays; "You can install moulding and trim," 1 p.m. Sundays; "You can save money on your energy bills," 2 p.m. Sundays; "You can enhance your home with holiday lighting," 7 p.m. Thursdays; 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.

Furniture workshop tours: Learn about the history and craft of Hawaiian furniture with tours between 9 a.m. and noon Wednesdays, Martin & MacArthur Workshop and Showroom, 1815 Kahai St.; free. 845-6688.

GARDEN EVENTS

Scenic Hawaii general membership luncheon, 11:30 a.m. today, Hale Koa Hotel, Waikiki Ballroom; featured speaker, Jon Van Dyke of the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, on "Political and Vehicular Signs"; $20 fee to include tax, tip and parking validation; call for reservations. 737-8327.

Marine debris cleanup of South Point, Big Island, Saturday; shuttles from 8 a.m. from Waiohinu Park; hats, sturdy footwear, sunscreen and a bag lunch recommended; water, refreshments, shade, toilets and gloves to be provided; sponsored by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (808) 756-1808.

Nutcracker Sweet Mini Plant Sale, featuring plants, live chocolate trees, salad bowls, herb baskets, candies, cookies, condiments, syrups, holiday wreaths and decorative items, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 3, Foster Botanical Garden. 522-7064.

Garden tour: Guided tours offered at 1 p.m., Mondays-Saturdays, Foster Botanical Garden; tours included with admission of $5 general, $3 kama'aina, $1 children ages 6-12. 522-7066.

Senator Fong's Plantation and Gardens tours: Narrated 45-minute tram tours of the Kane'ohe garden's flowers, plants and trees, 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. and 1, 2 and 3 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; $5; free tour about native and introduced plants 10 a.m. Saturday, $15 taro cultivation workshop 9 a.m.-noon today, Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Mamalahoa Highway, Kona, Big Island; call to register. (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 Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com, with "Home & Garden Cal" in the subject line; or fax 525-8055.