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KREM2 Concept Home Tour - Tour this $2.5 million, 9,100-square-foot concept home built in the exclusive Legacy Ridge subdivision. The home is open for tours Fridays-Sundays, through Sept. 16. All proceeds benefit the Inland Northwest Blood Center. For directions and more information, visit www.inbc2.org. Noon-6 p.m., 365 S. Legend Tree Drive, Liberty Lake. $5. (509) 624-0151.

Spokane City Tours - Guided bus tours explore Spokane’s colorful past and take us into the dynamic future of a growing city. Tours leave at 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m. Runs through September. Reservations required. Friday-Monday. Spokane Visitors Information Center, Main Avenue at Browne Street. $18/adults, $11/ages 4-13, free/younger than age 4. (509) 456-2284.

Spokane Park ‘n Swap - Vendors with farmers’ market, arts and crafts and antiques and collectibles. Saturdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sundays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., through Sept. 30. Highway 2 and Hawthorne Road, just northeast of the Division Street ‘Y.’ $1 admission. (509) 768-0440.

“Housing Washington” 14th Annual Affordable Housing Conference - Presented by the Housing Finance Commission; Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development; and the Low Income Housing Alliance. Register by phone or online. Sunday, 12-7:30 p.m.; Monday, 7 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tuesday, 7-11 a.m. Sunday to Sept. 11. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. $260; includes meals, materials and transportation. (800) 767-HOME ext. 773.

Nestting Vintage Market - Monthly market featuring vintage merchandise and crafts, furniture from primitive to cottage and garden styles, vintage jewelry and accessories, architectural pieces and a custom sign vendor. Held second weekend of each month, Sept. 14, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Sept. 15, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 1909 W. Monroe Road, 4 1/2 miles north of Hastings Road, 1 mile west of Highway 395, Colbert. (509) 995-5335.

Past Blessings Junk Warehouse Sale - Farm fresh antiques, primitives, hand-painted furniture and more. Find one-of-a-kind original pieces. Sept. 14-15. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 6205 N. Nevada. (509) 499-5099.

Apple Festival at Green Bluff - Large variety of apples, fresh pressed cider and pumpkins. Live music, food, craft booths, antiques, farm mazes and animals. Saturdays-Sundays, Sept. 15-Oct. 28. Green Bluff, 15 minutes north of Spokane.

Funky Junk Antique Show and Craft Market - Shabby chic antiques, classy crafts and music. There will be a vintage Homecoming Dance Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. Sept. 29-30. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sagle Community Hall, 356 Talache Road, Sagle, ID. $2 sale admission, $10 dance admission. (509) 465-3945 or (208) 946-8500.

Custer’s Fall Antique Show - Oct. 5-7. Friday, 4-9 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 5 - 7. Spokane County Fair and Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St., Spokane Valley. $6/adults, good all weekend, free/age 12 and younger. (509) 924-0588.

Home Idea Show - Over 300 booths with thousands of products and services. Oct. 12-14, Friday, noon-8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Spokane County Fair & Expo, 404 N. Havana St. $7.

Garden

Friends of Manito Fall Plant Sale - The semiannual sale of perennial plants; Saturday, 10 a.m., Manito Park, east of the Gaiser Conservatory. (509) 456-8038.

Lavender plant sale - Large plants and culinary plants will be available; Saturday–Sunday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Leisure Lavender Farm, 3529 N. Lynden Road. (509) 226-3071. Directions at www.leisurelavender.com.

Gardeners of Cheney Plant Sale - Semiannual sale of annual and perennial plants. Saturday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Mitchell’s Harvest Foods, 116 W. First St., Cheney. Free admission. (509) 235-2241.

Fall for the Garden - Plants, seeds, and garden adornments for sale. Plein air painters on site, creating art to be sold, also to benefit the Garden. Sept. 15. 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Bonner General Hospital, the Healing Garden, 602 N. Third St., Sandpoint, ID. (208) 263-1441.

Waterwise Landscaping - Learn how to maximize landscaping while minimizing water use. Sept. 20. 6-8 p.m., Spokane County Extension Education Center, 222 N. Havana St. $10. (509) 477-2048.

Fall Gardening Series - The first in a four-class series on landscaping with trees and shrubs. Refreshments will be served. Registration is recommended. Sept. 22. 10 a.m.-noon, Spokane County Extension Education Center, 222 N. Havana. $10 per class or $35 for series. (509) 477-2048.

Waterwise Watering - Learn which irrigation system to choose and how much water to use. Sept. 27. 6-8 p.m., Spokane County Extension Education Center, 222 N. Havana St. $10. (509) 477-2048.

Fall Gardening Series - The second in a four-class series on landscaping with trees and shrubs. Refreshments will be served. Registration is recommended. Sept. 29. 10 a.m.-noon, Spokane County Extension Education Center, 222 N. Havana. $10 per class. (509) 477-2048.

Winterizing Your Lawn and Garden - Sponsored by the Parks and Recreation Department. Oct. 2. 6:30-8:30 p.m., Corbin Art Center, 507 W. Seventh. $12. (509) 625-6677.

South County Chipping/Compost Days - Spokane County attendees, with identification verifying residence, can receive a free plastic compost bin after completing the various composting activities. There is a limit of one bin per household. Oct. 6-7. 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Valleyford Fire Station, Valleyford. Free. (509) 625-6580.

Fall Gardening Series - The third in a four-class series on landscaping with trees and shrubs. Refreshments will be served. Registration is recommended. Oct. 13. 10 a.m.-noon, Spokane County Extension Education Center, 222 N. Havana. $10 per class. (509) 477-2048.

Fall Compost Fair - Free and open to the public. Spokane County attendees, with identification verifying residence, can receive a free plastic compost bin after completing the various composting activities. There is a limit of one bin per household. Oct. 20. 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Finch Arboretum, 3404 W. Woodlawn Blvd., off Sunset Highway. (509) 625-6580.

Fall Gardening Series - The fourth in a four-class series on landscaping with trees and shrubs. Refreshments will be served. Registration is recommended. Oct. 20. 10 a.m.-noon, Spokane County Extension Education Center, 222 N. Havana. $10 per class. (509) 477-2048.

Farmers markets

Tuesday Growers’ Market - Tuesdays, 4:30-6:30 p.m., through October. Moscow Food Co-op parking lot, 121 E. Fifth St., Moscow. (208) 882-8537.

Columbia Basin Farmers’ Market and Bazaar - Wednesdays, 2-6 p.m. and Saturdays, 8 a.m.-noon, through Oct. 27. Moses Lake Civic Park, Fifth at Balsam. (509) 766-6751.

Colville Farmers’ Market - Wednesdays, noon-6 p.m., through Oct. 17. Third and Oak streets, one block east of Main (Highway 395). (509) 732-6619.

Farmers’ Market at Sandpoint - Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Wednesdays, 3-5:30 p.m., through Oct. 13. Farmin Park, Third at Main. (208) 265-8267.

Kootenai County Farmers’ Market - Wednesdays, 4-7 p.m., through Sept. 26. Fifth Street between Sherman and Front Avenues, Coeur d’Alene. (208) 772-2290.

Millwood Farmers’ Market - Wednesdays, 3-7 p.m., through October. Millwood Community Presbyterian Church, 3223 N. Marguerite Road, two blocks west of Argonne Road. (509) 924-2350.

Spokane Farmers’ Market - Saturdays and Wednesdays, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., through Oct. 27. Folk-rock music by Annie O’Neill. Second Avenue at Division Street, behind First Covenant Church. Free admission. (509) 995-0182.

South Perry Farmers’ Market - Thursdays, 4-8 p.m., through Sept. 27. Kids’ craft booth and live music. Christ Community Church, 1317 E. 12th Ave. (509) 879-2987.

Airway Heights Market - Fridays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., through Sept. 21. 14th Avenue off Highway 2. (509) 244-2552 or 979-1051.

Cheney Farmers’ Market - Fridays, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m., through Oct. 12. First Street and College Avenue. (509) 559-5818.

Hope Farmers’ Market - Fridays, 2-6 p.m., through Sept. 14. Memorial Community Center, 415 Wellington Place. (208) 263-3538.

Spirit Lake Farmers’ Market - Fridays, 2-7 p.m., Saturdays, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., through Sept. 29. Route 41 at Maine Street. Free admission, $10 per 10-by-30-foot space. (208) 623-3411.

St. Maries Farmers’ Market - Fridays, 3-6 p.m., through Oct. 5. 536 Main St., next to Hughes House. (208) 245-2422, ext. 33.

Bonners Ferry Farmers’ Market - Saturdays, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. through Oct. 6. Highway 95 at Kootenai Avenue in the Visitor’s Center parking lot. (208) 267-7987 or (208) 267-7791.

Clarkston Farmers’ Market - Saturdays, 8 a.m.-noon., through Sept. 29. Fifth and Sycamore Streets, near the Asotin County Library. (509) 758-5023.

Columbia Basin Farmers’ Market and Bazaar - Wednesdays, 2-6 p.m. and Saturdays, 8 a.m.-noon, through Oct. 27. Moses Lake Civic Park, Fifth at Balsam. (509) 766-6751.

Dale’s Farmers’ Market - Saturdays, 8 a.m.-noon, through September at the Y in the Junction Hardware parking lot, Potlatch, Idaho. (208) 875-0201.

Farmers’ Market at Sandpoint - Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Wednesdays, 3-5:30 p.m., through Oct. 13. Farmin Park, Third at Main. (208) 265-8267.

Kootenai County Farmers’ Market - Saturdays through Oct. 20. Entertainment by Ruby Devine. 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Fifth Street between Sherman and Front Avenues, Coeur d’Alene. (208) 772-2290.

Liberty Lake Farmers’ Market - Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., through Oct. 13. Liberty Square Building parking lot, 1421 N. Meadowwood Lane. (509) 475-4574.

Moscow Farmers’ Market - Saturdays, 8 a.m.-noon, through Oct. 27. Music by Canned Music. Jackson Street public parking lot, off Friendship Square. (208) 883-7036.

Northeast Washington Farmers’ Market - Saturdays, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., through Oct. 27 at the corner of Main and Astor streets. (509) 935-7388.

Pend Oreille Valley Farmers Market - Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., through Oct. 27. Third Street between Union and Washington, Newport. (509) 279-6966 or (208) 610-1266.

Spokane Farmers’ Market - Saturdays and Wednesdays, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., through Oct. 27. Second Avenue at Division Street, behind First Covenant Church. Free admission. (509) 995-0182.

Spokane Park ‘n Swap - Vendors with farmers’ market, arts and crafts and antiques and collectibles. Saturdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sundays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., through Sept. 30. Highway 2 and Hawthorne Road, just northeast of the Division Street ‘Y.’ $1 admission. (509) 768-0440.

Humble Earth Farmers’ Market - Sundays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., through Oct. 30. Aslin Finch parking lot, 10505 Newport Highway at the ‘Y.’ (509) 879-2987.

Tekoa (Wash.) Farmers Market - Sundays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., through Sept. 30. 223 N. Crosby. (208) 274-2016.

Pets

“Capturing Moments in Nature” - Slide show with wildlife photographers Stan and Susan Bousson highlighting experiences at many national refuges. Register by today, directions will be sent upon sign up. Open to ages five and older. Presented by Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, the City of Spokane Parks and Recreation Department and the Friends of Turnbull; Sept. 15, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, 26010 S. Smith Road, Cheney. $3/vehicle entry fee. (509) 625-6200 or online at www.spokaneparks.org for reservations.

Responsible Dog Ownership Day - Hosted by the AKC and Spokane Kennel Club. There will be clinics on training, demos, talent and costume contests, kid safety and more. Well-behaved dogs on leashes are welcome. No puppies under 4 months of age; Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Clark Park, Division and Empire. (509) 328-7652.

“Bird Banding” - Experience the fall songbird migration and learn the techniques used to capture and band these wonderful critters. Register by Sept. 17. Sept. 22. 8 a.m.-noon, Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, Cheney. $17/adults, $10/age 16 and younger. (509) 625-6200 or www.spokaneparks.org for reservations.

Late Late Open Horse Show - This is an all breed horse show open to the public to attend to see area horses being shown in numerous disciplines like halter, harness, English and Western and more. Sept. 22 - 23. 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Valley Mission Horse Arena, Bowdish and Mission. Free viewing. (509) 624-2468.

Pet Day in the Park - Fourth annual event includes vendors, a pet costume parade, magic show, fly ball demonstration, a mini obedience lesson and presentations on helping dogs and rescue dogs. Sept. 22. 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Liberty Lake Pavillion Park, Country Vista Drive and Molter Road. (509) 755-6729.

Wolves Come to Turnbull - Meet a live wolf and view a slide show of photos of wolves as part of a pack and share some stories. Register by Oct. 15. Oct. 20. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, 26010 S. Smith Road, Cheney. $15/adults, $9/age 16 and younger. (509) 625-6200 or online at www.spokaneparks.org for reservations.