Garden Events

Saturday: Talk on growing and propagating begonias, 9:30 a.m., Sherman Gardens, 2647 E. Coast Highway, Corona del Mar; (714) 673-2261. Free.

Saturday: Class on designing a rose garden with rosarian Bill Robinson, 9:30 a.m. to noon, at the Arboretum of Los Angeles County, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia. $13. Reservations required; call (818) 447-8207.

July 13: Talk on water gardening, by Jon Rasmussen of the Pond Co., and koi, by Philip Ishizu of San Gabriel Koi Society, 1 to 3:30 p.m., at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Can~ada Flintridge; (818) 952-4401. $16.