Garden Events

Walks, Talks, Shows and Special Sales

Saturday: Talk by Mary Foote on “Secrets for Starting Plants” from seeds, cuttings and divisions, 9 a.m. to noon, at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Can~ada Flintridge, (818) 952-4401. $13.

Saturday: Hands-on workshop on pruning perennials and small shrubs, 10 a.m. to noon, at the Arboretum of Los Angeles County, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, (626) 447-8207. $13; reservations required. Bring sharp, clean clippers and gardening gloves.

Saturday: Seminar on “Maintenance Practices for Native Gardens,” 9 a.m. to noon, at the Theodore Payne Foundation, 10459 Tuxford St., Sun Valley, (818) 768-1802. $30.

Saturday and Jan. 18: Pacific Camellia Society Early Show and sale, 1 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Can~ada Flintridge, (818) 952-4401. Adults $5; seniors and students $3; children $1. There will also be a walk through the camellia grove led by Sergio Bracci at 1 p.m. Sunday, with tips on growing camellias at home.

Jan. 18: Talk on California conifers by Bart O’Brien, 1 to 3 p.m., at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden at Claremont, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, (909) 625-8767. $5; preregistration required.

Jan. 18: Talk on “Historic Plants at Monticello” by Peggy Cornett Newcomb, director of the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants, 2 p.m., at the Arboretum of Los Angeles County, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, (626) 447-8207. $15; reservations required.

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