Walks, Talks, Shows and Special Sales

Today and Feb. 15 and 22: Learn about manzanitas and other natives in bloom, 1-3 p.m., at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden at Claremont, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont; (909) 625-8767. $5; preregistration required.

Wednesday: Workshop on growing plants indoors by John Bishop, 9:30 a.m., at Sherman Gardens, 2647 East Coast Highway, Corona del Mar; (714) 673-2261. $15; preregistration required.

Saturday: Talk by Darlene Pickell on disease-resistant roses and rose pests and on spring-planted bulbs, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at the Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden in Polliwog Park (on Peck Avenue, just north of Manhattan Beach Boulevard), Manhattan Beach; (310) 379-4447. $10.

Saturday and Feb. 15: Camellia show and sale with demonstrations of pruning, disbudding and grafting, noon-4:30 p.m. on Saturday, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Feb. 15, at the Huntington Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino; (626) 405-2141. Adults, $8.50; seniors, $7; students, $5; children, free.

Send garden announcements to Garden Events, Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA 90053 at least three weeks before the event date.