Garden Events
Walks, Talks, Shows and Special Sales
Thursday: Talk on unusual herbs by expert Glen Walker, president of the Long Beach Herb Society, 2:30 p.m., with an herb plant sale afterward, at the Huntington Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, (626) 405-2141. The talk is free, as is admission to the gardens on the first Thursday of the month.
Saturday: Talk on the “Ultimate Perennial Garden,” 9:30 a.m., at Sherman Gardens, 2647 E. Coast Highway, Corona del Mar, (949) 673-2261. Free.
Saturday: Workshop on amending your soil, 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: Garden show and sale with talks and displays sponsored by the Washington Square Neighborhood Assn., 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at Washington Park, Washington Boulevard and El Molino Avenue, Pasadena. Free.
Saturday: Show and sale of African violets by the Granada Hills society, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., in the Town Hall Room of the Balboa-Mission Shopping Center, 16916 San Fernando Mission Blvd., Granada Hills, (818) 363-6222. Free.
Saturday: Orchid auction by the Malibu Orchid Society, 1-4 p.m., 901 Haverford St., Pacific Palisades, (310) 454-8221. Free admission.
Saturday: Class on growing and using culinary herbs, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden at Claremont, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, (909) 625-8767. $45 with preregistration required.
Saturday and next Sunday: Show and sale of geraniums by the Los Angeles International Geranium Society, with the sale having an emphasis on long-flowering kinds or pelargoniums with scented leaves, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Can~ada Flintridge, (818) 952-4401. Adults $5; seniors and students $3; children $1.
Send garden announcements to Garden Events, Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA 90053, at least three weeks before the event date.
