SPECIAL

PALIKEA TRAIL HIKE, moderate 4-mile hike to view rare and endangered plants and animals within Nature Conservancy of Hawai'i's Honouliuli Preserve, with views of central O'ahu and Wai'anae Coast; sponsored by Hawai'i Nature Center, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 20; $6/nonmembers; starting point/location, 955-0100.

WORM COMPOSTING WORKSHOP; sponsored by Malama Learning Center, for community members and K-12 teachers; offering vermicomposting (recycling with earthworms, which eat household food and paper waste and produce valuable organic fertilizer for your garden and houseplants) techniques; 9-10 a.m. (10-11 a.m. vericomposting teaching methods workshop for educators); Kapolei High School; $10/at door, $8/in advance ($25 includes take-home starter kit of worms); registration: 343-9818

BIG ISLAND NATIVE PLANT IDENTIFICATION WORKSHOP, sponsored by Volcano Art Center, hands-on activities with both common and rare native plant species, along Niaulani's 'ohi'a and koa wet forest trail, and Kipuka Puaulu "Bird Park," region, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sept. 20; $55 (financial aid available); information/registration, 808-967-8222, www.volcanoartcenter.org.

ONGOING

FOSTER BOTANICAL GARDEN is seeking volunteers to help maintain the new butterfly garden, including ongoing deadheading, replanting and general maintenance; for more information, call 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.

GUIDED TOURS, view plants of the rain forest; 10 a.m. Mondays-Saturdays; Lyon Arboretum, Manoa Valley; $5; reservations: 988-0461.

MANOA HERITAGE CENTER, discover an ancient Hawaiian heiau and native Hawaiian plants while learning Manoa Valley's history; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays; Manoa Heritage Center; $7 general, $4 seniors and military, students free; visits and tours by reservation only: 988-1287, www.manoaheritagecenter.org.

SELF-DIRECTED DRAWING AND PAINTING, rendering of plants, flowers and seed pods from the garden; 9-10 a.m. Wednesdays; Wahiawa Botanical Garden; reservations: 621-5463.

SECOND SATURDAY AT THE GARDEN, stroll and learn about home gardening from certified Hawai'i master gardeners and Urban Garden Center volunteers; 9 a.m.-12 p.m. every second Saturday of the month; Pearl City Urban Garden Center; free; 453-6050, www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/ougc.

LAUHALA WEAVING DEMONSTRATION, with members of the Ulana Me Ka Lokomaika'i weaving hui; 10 a.m.2 p.m. every first Saturday of the month; Mission Houses Museum; free; 531-0481, ext. 714.

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.