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APRIL 11 Garden design: Landscape architect Heather Lenkin lectures on "Designing Great Gardens." 3 to 5 p.m. Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge. $35 to $40. Registration: (818) 949-7980. Wildflower show: Rancho Santa Ana...Tags: Building Material, Japan, Science, Material Science, Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
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Home and garden tours and seminars
MARCH 28 Cymbidium show: San Gabriel Valley branch of the Cymbidiun Society of America hosts an orchid show with potting demonstrations and an orchid sale. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 28 and 29. Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 301 N....Tags: Science, Japan, Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Literature, Travel
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Talks on flowers, gardens and L.A. architecture
MARCH 14 Native plants: Bruce Pavlik, professor of biology at Mills College and author of "The California Deserts: An Ecological Rediscovery," lectures on "Ecological Histories of the Desert." 10 to 11:30 a.m. $20 to $30. That is followed by Louise...Tags: Japan, Science, Gardens and Parks, Science and Technology, Botany
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Home and garden events in L.A. area
MARCH 7 Tree pruning: Arborist Gary Knowlton leads this workshop on ethical tree pruning, emphasizing a holistic approach to tree management. 9 a.m. to noon. Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers & Native Plants, 10459 Tuxford St., Sun Valley. $20...Tags: Building Material, Metal and Mineral, Japan, Hospitals and Clinics, Material Science
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Home and garden events
FEB. 7 Backyard retreats: Debra Prinzing, author of "Stylish Sheds and Elegant Hideaways," shares her ideas on how to create a personal backyard destination. 2 to 3:30 p.m. Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants, 10459 Tuxford St.,...Tags: Japan, Science, Gardens and Parks, University of California, Irvine, Science and Technology
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Home and garden events throughout Southern California
JAN. 31 Tiffany lecture: Margaret K. Hofer, curator of decorative arts at the New York Historical Society, will discuss the role women played in the design and manufacture of Tiffany Studios' leaded glass lamps. 7:30 p.m. Art Center College of Design,...Tags: Japan, Science, Gardens and Parks, Science and Technology, Botany
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Home and garden events in the Southland
TODAY Native plants: Horticulturist Lili Singer leads a class on California flora. Learn about planting techniques, irrigation, pruning, maintenance and where to see and buy native plants. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. $35 to $45. Later in the afternoon, James...Tags: Science, Japan, Earl Warren Jr., Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Architecture
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Home and garden events in Southern California
FEB. 14 Design class: Landscape designer Laramee Haynes will discuss how to create beautiful spaces using native plants, well-placed shade trees and other more elements. 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants,...Tags: Science, Japan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Dog (animal), Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
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Inflated art appraisals cost U.S. government untold millions
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersAn alleged tax-fraud scheme involving donations of overvalued art to four local museums is part of a larger, unchecked problem with inflated art appraisals that has cost the federal government untold millions, a Times analysis has found. Each year, the...Tags: Labor Legislation, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Laws, Corporate Crime, Fraud
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Raids suggest a deeper network of looted art
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCoordinated raids on four Southern California museums early Thursday suggest that the involvement of art institutions in the purchase of looted objects is far more extensive than recent high-profile scandals have indicated. Even as the country's most...Tags: National Parks, Corporate Crime, Gaming, Minority Groups, Fraud
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Probe of stolen art goes national
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA federal investigation into looted Asian antiquities at Southland museums has broadened to include a prominent Chicago industrialist and art collector who purchased hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of allegedly stolen artifacts from a Cerritos arts...Tags: Art Institute of Chicago, Crimes, Mundelein, Crime, Law and Justice, Culture
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Museums give free access to military families
SAN DIEGO -- More than 1,300 museums across the country, including 23 in the San Diego area, will be free to families of active-duty military members this summer, the National Endowment for the Arts announced Monday.
The organization's second annual Blue...Tags: Human Interest, Arts, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Libraries
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