Garden Events

Walks, Talks, Shows and Special Sales

Saturday: Fall plant sale of perennials, grasses, day lilies, epidedrum species, ferns, shrubs and trees, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at the South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, (310) 544-1948. Adults, $5; seniors and students, $3; children, $1.

Saturday: Talk on growing roses the natural way, 10 a.m., Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Can~ada Flintridge, (818) 952-4401. Adults, $5; seniors and students, $3; children, $1.

Saturday-Oct. 4: Exhibit of bonsai by the Kofu Bonsai Kai, with demonstrations and vendors selling trees and equipment, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., at Brookhurst Community Center, 2271 Crescent Ave., Anaheim, (714) 738-0879. Free.

Oct. 4: “Autumn in the Japanese Garden” celebration with ikebana demonstrations and bonsai displays, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., at the Japanese Garden, 6100 Woodley Ave., Van Nuys. $3, reservations required, (818) 756-8166.

Oct. 4: Talk on the evolution of the Southern California landscape by landscape architect Rhett Beavers, 1 p.m., at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Can~ada Flintridge, (818) 952-4401. $15.

Oct. 4: Tour of the rare-fruit orchard, 1 p.m., at the Conejo Valley Botanic Garden, Conejo Community Park, 1300 Hendrix Ave., Thousand Oaks, (850) 494-7630. 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.