Garden Calendar
* Santa Barbara International Orchid Show, with more than 70 orchid exhibitors and sellers, Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at Earl Warren Showgrounds Exhibit Building, U.S. 101 and La Positas Road, Santa Barbara, (805) 687-0766. $8.
* A seminar on growing native meadow wildflowers, Saturday, 9-11 a.m., at Cal State Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, (818) 677-4607. $30.
* Talk on how to grow tulips in Southern California, Saturday, 2:30 p.m., and a talk on camellia care, Sunday, 2:30 p.m., both at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Canada Flintridge, (818) 952-4401; https://www.descanso.com. $5.
* Talk on scented geraniums, Saturday, 10-11 a.m., at Fullerton Arboretum, Associated Road at Yorba Linda Boulevard, Fullerton, (714) 278-3579. $7 per household.
* Show of more than 100 bonsai by the California Bonsai Society, Saturday and Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., at Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, (626) 405-2141, https://www.huntington.org. Admission to Huntington gardens is $8.50.
* Master Gardener’s Symposium with a choice of three “tracks”--one on wildlife gardening, one on the edible garden and one on the backyard as “paradise”--plus a plant sale and vendors, Saturday, 7 a.m.-4 p.m. at Cal State Channel Islands, Ventura. $25 plus $4 parking. Call (805) 645-1455 or visit https://www.greencure.org for registration information and directions.
* Show of Japanese flower arranging by Ikebana International, Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Sunday, noon-4 p.m., at the Arboretum of Los Angeles County, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, (626) 821-3222. $5.
* A sale of dahlia roots by the Dahlia Society, Sunday, 1-4 p.m., at South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, (310) 544-1948. $5 admission to garden.
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