SPECIAL

holiday wreath-making workshop, 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Oct. 4, Foster Botanical Garden; $20 for plant and supplies (bring gardening gloves and clippers); register, 522-7060.

FOSTER GARDEN FALL PLANT SALE, with displays and ceramics, lei haku and indoor and outdoor plants for sale, including palapalai, more than 40 varieties of anthurium (from miniature to giant obake), ferns, desktop plants in pots, heliconia, gingers, bromeliads and cacti; 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 4, Foster Botanical Garden; free admission; 537-1708.

"ABCs OF DRIED WREATHS," three-session course, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Oct. 8 and 15 (making banana leaf base, and collecting/preparing pods, seeds, leaves) and 9:30 a.m.-noon (creating the wreath) Oct. 22, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kane'ohe; $10 (for any or all of the sessions); reservations: 522-7064.

"GREEN ARTS = GREEN FUN!" a day of drawing, painting, photography, collages and nature "journaling" in the garden; 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 8, Lyon Arboretum, Manoa; $35; 988-0461, www.hawaii.edu/lyonarboretum.

"RAINFORESTS ARE FOR KIDS!" a day of making a hiking stick, mixing "rainforest snacks," exploring the Manoa rainforest trails, waterfall and secret gardens, and creating forest art, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 9, Lyon Arboretum, Manoa; $35; 988-0461, www.hawaii.edu/lyonarboretum.

LYON ARBORETUM has announced a schedule of new classes for adults and children interested in "things botanical," including workshops on invasive plants, organic gardening, traditional Hawaiian crafts, flower arranging, garden photography, field sketching and nature journaling, oshiban, and special children's classes, at the arboretum, 3860 Manoa Road; full schedule at www.hawaii.edu/lyonarboretum; registration: 988-0461.

ONGOING

FOSTER BOTANICAL GARDEN is seeking volunteers to help maintain the new butterfly garden, including ongoing deadheading, replanting and general maintenance; 373-4200.

GARDEN TOUR, 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. Sundays); Senator Fong's Plantation and Gardens; $14.50, discounts for kama'aina; 239-6775.

NIAULANI NATURE WALK, guided tour through an old-growth forest; 9:30 a.m. Mondays; Volcano Art Center's Niaulani Campus, Volcano Village, Big Island; donations accepted; 808-967-8222, www.volcanoartcenter.org.

Send announcements, with contact name and phone number, to: Island Life, The Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; or islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com, with "Home & Garden Cal" in the subject line.