Aurora tour: Walk the streets of Aurora 1-5 p.m. next Saturday to see historic homes, gardens, porches and churches in the riverfront town. Twenty sites will be featured — a stately Italianate mansion to a Gothic home. Tickets: $10 advance, $12 day of walk. (812) 926-0087.

        Fall plant care: White Oak Garden Center will give tips on fall pruning and planting 7 p.m. Mondayat the West Fork Branch Library in Monfort Heights. 385-3313 or 369-4472.

        Wildflower meeting: The Cincinnati Wildflower Preservation Society will meet 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, at the Avon Woods Nature Preserve in North Avondale/Paddock Hills. 861-3435.

        Beekeeping: A beekeeping program will be 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. next Saturday at Krohn Conservatory, Eden Park. A beekeeper with an observation hive, live bees and beekeeping equipment will be on hand. The hive will be opened at 2 and 4 p.m. and can be observed from a screen tent. Reservations: 421-5707, Ext. 17.

        Hauck stroll: Jim Hansel, curator of plant collections for the Civic Garden Center, will conduct a walk through the Hauck Botanic Gardens noon-2 p.m. Sept. 16 at the center, 2715 Reading Road, Avondale. Fee: $25. 221-0981.

        Antiques: This month's Burlington Antiques Show will be 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 16 at the Boone County Fairgrounds on Ky. 338, 5 miles west of I-75 (exit 181). Adults $3, under 12 free. Early bird admission, 5-8 a.m. $5. 922-5265.

        Plant care class: Belle Maison in Hyde Park will have a workshop on pruning, repotting, fertilizing and cleaning house plants 7:30-9:30 p.m. Sept. 20 at the store, 3520 Erie Ave. Fee: $40. 871-1109.

        Native plants: A meeting will be held 7:30 p.m. Sept. 21 for those interested in planting and promoting native plants. The new Ohio Valley Wild Ones chapter will form at Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, 4521 Spring Grove Ave., Winton Place. 941-6497.

        Dulcimer workshop: Learn to make — and play — a dulcimer at the Dinsmore Homestead two-session workshop 6-9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-noon next Saturday in Burlington. Dulcimer styles $50-$190. Fee: $30 Dinsmore Homestead members, $35 non-members. (859) 586-6117.

       Contact Joy Kraft by phone: 768-8467; fax: 768-8330; e-mail: jkraft@enquirer.com

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