Garden Calendar
* A talk by nursery manager Susan Jetton on the best native perennials and how to care for them, today, 6:30 p.m., at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, (909) 626-1917 (https://www.rsabg.org). $7.
* An open house and plant sale by the Horticulture Club, today-Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Long Beach City College, 1305 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach, (562) 938-3086. Park in staff lot off May Street or student lot off Orange Avenue. Free admission.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. April 14, 2000 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Friday April 14, 2000 Home Edition Southern California Living Part E Page 3 View Desk 1 inches; 35 words Type of Material: Correction
Plant sale--The Garden Calendar in Thursday’s edition had the incorrect days for the annual plant sale at Descanso Gardens in La Can~ada Flintridge. The sale is being held today and Saturday. The hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and admission to the sale is free.
* The 11th annual Southern California Spring Garden Show, Friday-Sunday. See story, this page.
* A model train display and the annual spring plant sale, Saturday, 9 a.m-4 p.m., at South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, (310) 544-1948. $5.
* The Spring Plant Sale of native plants, Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, (909) 626-1917 (https://www.rsabg.org). Free admission.
* A rose festival--with talks, demonstrations and a sale--to celebrate the rose garden’s big bloom, Saturday and Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., at Huntington Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, (626) 405-2141 (https://www.huntington.org). $8.50.
* Everything from orchids to irises will be at the Spring Plant Sale, Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Canada Flintridge, (818) 952-4401 (https://www.descanso.com). Free admission to the sale.
* The South Coast Orchid Society show and sale, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., at the South Bay Pavilion, 20700 Avalon Blvd., Carson, (562) 431-1142. Free admission.
* Eight gardens are on the Pacific Palisades garden tour, Sunday, 1-5 p.m. Tickets cost $10 and are available at Yamato Nursery and the Outdoor Room in Pacific Palisades, and at Armstrong Nursery or Sunset Gardens in Santa Monica. For more information, call (310) 454-7826 or (310) 472-7437.
* A tour of six Simi Valley gardens will be held April 30, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. For tickets, send a check for $10 to Garden Tour, P.O. Box 630055, Simi Valley 93063, or call Donna at (805) 526-3310, Johanna (805) 526-7829, or Mimi at (805) 526-7566.
* A tour of three Whittier gardens plus a plant sale, April 30, 2-5 p.m. Tickets are $15; make checks payable to Rio Hondo Symphony Assn. Mail to Beverly Walker, 8104 Arrington Ave., Pico Rivera, CA 90660, or call (562) 949-2010.
Send garden announcements to Garden Events, Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA 90064, at least three weeks before the event date.
