Garden Calendar

* Saturday, a class on making living succulent wreaths by gardener Ramona Ferreira, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, (909) 625-8767. $49 fee includes all materials. Advance registration is required.

* Saturday, a talk on starting your own plants with seeds and layering, by award-winning Mt. San Antonio college instructor Dave Lannon, 9 a.m.-noon, at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Canada Flintridge, (818) 952-4401. $25, reservations required.

* Saturday, a family program titled Green Gifts will show kids and adults how to make things for and from the garden, 9:30 a.m.-noon, at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, (909) 625-8767. $8 per family member, with advance registration required.

* Dec. 18, a children’s garden workshop on succulent wreaths, for kids 6 and up, 9:30 a.m.-11:30 p.m., at the Huntington Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, (626) 405-2127. $12, includes materials and admission for one accompanying adult. Advance registration required.