Garden Calendar

* A talk on “Sizzling Summer Perennials” by horticulturist Mary Brosius, followed by a plant sale, today, 2:30 p.m., Huntington Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, (626) 405-2141; https://www.huntington.org. $8.50.

* South Bay Branch of the Begonia Society plant sale, Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dana School Cafetorium, at 135th Street and Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne. Free admission.

* Descanso Bonsai Society show, Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Canada Flintridge, (818) 952-4401; https://www.descanso.com. $5.

* A garden party to benefit the Veterans’ Garden, with answers to garden questions, gourmet food, plants, music, kids activities, Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the garden behind Jackie Robinson Stadium off Constitution Avenue on the West Los Angeles VA campus, (818) 508-5711. $25.

* Demonstration of flower arranging, Sunday, 2 p.m., South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, (310) 544-1948. $5.

Send garden announcements to Garden Events, Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA 90064, at least three weeks before the event date.