Garden Calendar

* Today, a talk on residential French gardens by noted garden teacher Jan Smithen, at 2:30 p.m., followed by a small plant sale, at the Huntington Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, (626) 405-2141. $8.50.

* Friday, a class on pruning deciduous fruit trees, by designer Kelly Kubica, 11 a.m., at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Can~ada Flintridge, (818) 952-4401. $18. Reservations required.

* Saturday and Sunday, a camellia show, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Can~ada Flintridge, (818) 952-4401. $5.

* Sunday, the first lecture of a three-part series on roses, this one on rose history, 1 to 3 p.m., at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, (909) 625-8767. Each lecture costs $7.

* Sunday, a deciduous fruit-tree pruning demonstration, at 2 p.m., at the South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, (310) 544-1948. $5.