ONGOING EVENTS

Garden Guided Tour, tour highlighting Native Hawaiian medicinal plants; 1 p.m. Fridays; and focusing on canoe plants (plants brought to the Islands during Polynesian migration); 1 p.m. Wednesdays; Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Kona, Big Island. $4 suggested donation; 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; daily; free; 923-7311.

Niaulani Nature Walk, guided tour through an old-growth Hawaiian 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 rainforest; 10-11:30 a.m. Mondays-Fridays; Lyon Arboretum, Manoa Valley; free; reservations: 988-0461.

Garden 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); Senator Fong's Plantation and Gardens; 47-285 Pulama Road; Kane'ohe; $14.50, kama'aina discounts available; 239-6775.

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

Manoa Heritage Center Tours, visit a cultural and historical site in Manoa Valley with guided tours of the native Hawaiian plant garden surrounding a traditional heiau; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Tuesdays-Saturdays; Manoa Heritage Center; $7 adults, $4 children and students; reservations: 988-1287.

Furniture Workshop Tours, learn about the history and craft of Hawaiian furniture; 9 a.m.-12 p.m.; Wednesdays; Martin & MacArthur Workshop and Showroom; 1815 Kahai St.; free; reservations: 845-6688.

Send announcements, with name and contact phone number, to: Island Life, The Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com, with "Home & Garden Cal" in the subject line; or fax 525-8055.