Garden Calendar
* The Secret Gardens of Venice Tour is a self-guided walking tour Saturday that requires tickets but can be taken at any time between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., starting at 717 California Ave., Venice, (310) 390-6641, https://www
.venicegardenwalk.com. Tickets cost $50 and benefit Las Doradas Children’s Center.
* Talk on rose care and selection by rosarian Clair Martin, Saturday, 10 a.m., at Fullerton Arboretum, Associated Road at Yorba Linda Boulevard, Fullerton, (714) 278-3579. $7.
* The Baldwin Bonanza plant sale offers 10 “garden vignettes” to look at and 10 different specialty nurseries selling plants, Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., at the Arboretum of Los Angeles County, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, (626) 821-3222. $5.
* The La Ballona Valley Bromeliad Society and the Sunset Succulent Society hold their annual joint show and sale Saturday, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at Veterans Memorial Center, the intersection of Overland Avenue and Culver Boulevard, Culver City, (310) 822-1783 or (310) 391-4118. Both shows are free.
* The Riverside Flower Show & Garden Tours present six private gardens to visit Saturday, 1-6 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at Elks Lodge, 6166 Brockton Ave., Riverside, (909) 789-1821. Show and tour cost $5.
* Five gardens will be included in the Palos Verdes Woman’s Club tour Saturday, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., beginning at Palos Verdes Art Center, Crenshaw Boulevard and Crestridge Road, Rancho Palos Verdes, (310) 791-0125. $25 ticket includes light luncheon.
* The spring perennial sale, with many unusual plants, Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at UC Irvine Arboretum, Campus Drive and Jamboree Road, Irvine, (949) 824-5833. $2.
* Tour six private Corona del Mar gardens Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., beginning at Sherman Gardens, 2647 E. Coast Highway, Corona del Mar, (949) 673-2261. Tour tickets cost $25.
* Tour six Pasadena gardens Sunday, 1-5 p.m., for $25, or seven (includes a reception) for $75. Call (626) 405-0516 to purchase tickets, which benefit the Grace Center.
Send garden announcements to Garden Events, Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA 90064, at least three weeks before the event date.
