Garden Events

Walks, Talks, Shows and Special Sales

Thursday: Slide lecture on historic Pasadena gardens by architectural historian Ann Scheid, 2:30 p.m., with a plant sale afterward, at the Huntington Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, (626) 405-2141. Adults, $8.50; seniors, $7; students, $5; children, free.

Saturday: Class on feeding backyard birds, with feeders for sale, 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: Succulent Plants Symposium focusing on their uses, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Huntington Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. Registration for the daylong event costs $65, call (626) 405-2160.

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