Botanical Gardens' and Other Organizations' Garden Events
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Armstrong Garden Centers California Native Plant Society Coastkeeper Garden, Orange County Descanso Gardens, La Canada Desert Horticultural Society of the Coachella Valley Eaton Canyon Nature Center, Pasadena El Dorado Nature Center Food Forward Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton Glendale Community Services & Parks Department Huntington Botanical Gardens, San Marino J Paul Getty Museum Living Desert, Palm Desert Los Angeles Community Garden Council Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Arcadia Morongo Basin Conservation Association Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Rancho Los Cerritos, Long Beach Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont San Diego Botanic Garden, Encinitas Santa Barbara County Horticultural Society South Coast Botanic Garden, Palos Verdes Peninsula Southern California Horticultural Society Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants University of California Riverside Botanic Garden University of California South Coast Research and Extension Center |
June 2021
DUE TO COVID-19 ADVISORIES, SOME PUBLIC GARDENS ARE OPEN FOR LIMITED DAYS/HOURS AND WITH SPECIFIC PRE-VISIT TICKET PURCHASING RESTRICTIONS. SOME NURSERIES ARE OPEN BY APPOINTMENT ONLY AND/OR OFFER ONLINE-ORDERING AND PICKUP-ONLY PURCHASES. CHECK WITH INDIVIDUAL LOCATIONS REGARDING CURRENT AVAILABILITY. Contact each location to confirm the listed event, for details, and for a full schedule. If the venue isn't listed for this month, there are no gardening-based events occurring. Events are free with admission unless otherwise indicated. ONLINE WEBINARS Upcoming Events, Online Zoom, California Garden & Landscape History Society – https://cglhs.org/upcoming-events Upcoming Classes, Online Zoom, California Native Plant Society – https://www.cnps.org/event/virtual-native-plant-events Upcoming Classes, Online Zoom, Los Angeles & Santa Monica Mountains Chapter, California Native Plant Society - https://lasmmcnps.org/ Upcoming Classes, Online Instagram & Facebook, Rogers Gardens – https://www.rogersgardens.com/blogs/events Upcoming Classes, Online Zoom, Theodore Payne Foundation – https://www.eventbrite.com/o/theodore-payne-foundation-6606817237?utm_campaign=Adult%20Education%2C%20Jan%202021%20B%20%28RmkMQL%29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=CLASSES%20B&_ke=eyJrbF9jb21wYW55X2lkIjogIktHQ2lhRCIsICJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJ5dm9ubmVzYXZpb0BlYXJ0aGxpbmsubmV0In0%3D Upcoming Classes, Online Zoom, Waterwise Community Center, Chino Basin Water Conservation District https://www.cbwcd.org/ Third Thursdays, 1-2pm, Online Webinar Series, Integrated Pest Management Information for California Residents. Garden Info Event Series. The UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Urban & Community Program is excited to present a new monthly webinar series that is free and open to the public. Presenters will share helpful pest management information for California residents. Topics will vary each month, covering landscape pest management, household pests, rodent identification, understanding pesticides, management for weeds, invasive pests and more. For more information = https://ucanr.edu/sites/ucipm-communitywebinars/ Mondays, 6-21-21 through 8-30-21, 6:30-9:30pm, Online Zoom, Planting Design for the Home Gardener. This 11-week course covers the principles of design for the residential garden using a combination of plant materials and built elements. Instruction includes spatial, functional, climatic, and visual analysis of the site. It also explores the design process for laying out the garden, choosing site-appropriate plants, providing structural definition, and producing desired moods, vistas, and aesthetic effects. Cost = $625. To register = https://www.uclaextension.edu/landscape-architecture-horticulture/horticulture-gardening/course/planting-design-home-gardener . For more information = Email mmcdonald@uclaextension.edu , phone 310-825-9586 Tuesdays, 6-22-21 through 8-31-21, 6-7pm, Online Zoom, Indoor Plants: Care and Maintenance. Plants add color, texture, and warmth to indoor spaces. They improve air quality and add a natural and living element to a room’s design. Whether you are looking to expand your indoor plant collection, just getting started with your first plant, or looking for answers to your many plant problems, this course focuses on the fundamental aspects of growing plants indoors. Instruction includes properly identifying fifty plants that do well in an indoor environment and their specific cultural requirements. The course of study also covers understanding indoor environments, which is fundamental when choosing plants that will have the most success. This course covers common indoor plant pests, diseases, watering techniques, artificial and natural lighting, humidity, temperature, etc. Cost = $625. To register = https://www.uclaextension.edu/landscape-architecture-horticulture/horticulturegardening/course/indoor-plants-care-and . For more information = Melissa McDonald, mmcdonald@uclaextension.edu, 310-825-9586. Thursdays, 6-24-21 through 9-2-21, 6:30-9:30pm, Online Zoom, Gardening Practices and Techniques with Jill Morganelli. This course offers a practical introduction to the basics of maintaining a home garden. Students gain knowledge in tool selection and care, soil preparation, planting, plant nutrition, and water requirements. Topics include common landscape problems with organic and holistic solutions; our special climate and micro-climates, including sun and shade exposures; various pruning techniques; types of irrigation systems; gardening in containers; and gardening with color including perennials, annuals, and bulbs. Cost = $625 To register = https://www.uclaextension.edu/landscape-architecture-horticulture/horticulturegardening/course/gardening-practices-and . For more information = Melissa McDonald, mmcdonald@uclaextension.edu, 310-825-9586. 6-9-21, 7pm, Online Zoom, Spring and Summer Planting in Southern California with Yvonne Savio. Glendora Public Library hosts Yvonne Savio discussing colors in the garden -- what edibles and ornamentals to plant and enjoy during our warm seasons. Cost = Free. For more information and Online Zoom Registration = Gaetano Abbondanza, gabbondanza@glendoralibrary.org, 626-852-4832 6-10-21, 10am, Online Zoom, The Gottlieb Native Garden, A California Love Story with Susan Gottlieb. More than 30 years ago, Susan Gottlieb, creator of The Gottlieb Native Garden, started on a journey that would ultimately convert her one-acre property in Los Angeles into one of the premier native gardens in the United States. Today, it’s a flourishing ecosystem, containing 200 species of California native plants and trees. As this ecosystem’s architect, Susan has cultivated a miniature biome that’s a National Wildlife Federation Certified Backyard Habitat, a Xerces Society designated Pollinator Habitat, and an active site for scientific research, education, and collaboration among a wide range of environmental groups and universities. In her presentation, Susan shares stories and photos from this urban oasis. Cost = Free For more information and to get the Zoom link = Kathy Itomura, kkitomura@gmail.com, 818-954-0933. 6-10-21, 7:10pm, Online Zoom, Gardening In Summer-Dry Climates with Saxon Holt. Southern California Horticultural Society hosts photographer Saxon Holt discussing his new book, Gardening In Summer-Dry Climates: Plants For A Lush, Water-Conscious Landscape. Cost = Free, but must register to receive Zoom access = www.socalhort.org . For more information, email socalhort@gmail.com. Meeting Timeline = 7:10 Announcements, 7:15 Plant Forum, 7:30 Speaker presentation. 6-12-21, 10:30am, Online Zoom, Container Gardening Indoors and Outdoors with Yvonne Savio. Pasadena Grows Garden Club hosts Yvonne discussing the ins and outs of container gardening, including elements to consider for success and fun ideas for containers you can use. For more information and Online Webinar Registration = Jesse Roth, jroth@cityofpasadena.net. 6-13-21, 8am-1pm, In-Person, Spring Iris Sale, San Fernando Valley Iris Society. The San Fernando Valley Iris Society will have its first sale since 2020 at the Encino Farmers Market. Please stop by and fill your garden with these spectacular performers that love our Valley climate! Cost = $7 each plant, $20 for 3. Encino Farmers Market, 17400 Victory Blvd, Encino 91406. For more information = Marianne White Davis, M54wdavis@gmail.com, 818-995-1432, www.sanfernandovalleyirissociety.org . 6-25-21, 10:30am, Online Zoom, Container Gardening -- Brighten your Summer with Colorful Container Gardening with Yvonne Savio. The Torrance Public Library hosts Yvonne discussing the fun of container gardening, including several considerations that will guarantee success for you and your plants. For more information and Online Zoom Registration = Suganthi Buehler, Sbuehler@TorranceCA.Gov . 6-26-21 and 6-27-21, 1030am-4pm, In-Person, Orange County Fuchsia Society Annual Plant Sale. A large variety of fuchsias in many colors and sizes, including starter plants at 2 inches, 4inch pots and gallons. Also, baskets, fuchsia trees, and large fuchsia bushes. There will be a large collection of fuchsia lore which includes china, framed pictures and other fuchsia collectables. Non-fuchsia plants. Feel free to explore the beautiful grounds. No charge for parking. Cost = $5.00 entrance to Sherman Library and Gardens, 2647 East Coast Highway, Corona del Mar 92625. For more information = Suzanne Butala, sbutala@socal.rr.com, 1-714-661-8439, www.ocfuchsiasociety.com . For more garden events as they’re posted, see https://www.gardeninginla.net/submit-your-garden-events.html BOTANIC GARDENS AND OTHER VENUES Armstrong Garden Centers Including Anaheim, Claremont, Costa Mesa, Del Mar, Encinitas, Glendora, Huntington Beach, Irvine, La Canada-Flintridge, La Crescenta, Laguna Niguel, La Habra, Long Beach, Mission Valley, Monrovia, Morena, Newport Beach, Pasadena, Rancho Penasquitos, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Monica, Sherman Oaks, Temecula, Thousand Oaks, Torrance, Tustin, Westchester. www.ArmstrongGarden.com/event-calendar/ California Botanic Garden (formerly Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden) 1500 North College Avenue Claremont 91711 909-625-8767 calbg.org (formerly rsabg.org) California Native Plant Society – Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mountains Chapter First United Methodist Church 1008 11th Street Santa Monica 90403 818-782-9346 www.lacnps.org California Native Plant Society – Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mountains Chapter Sepulveda Garden Center 16633 Magnolia Blvd Encino 91436 818-782-9346 www.lacnps.org Coastkeeper Garden 8520 East Santiago Canyon Road Orange 92869 714-850-1965 www.coastkeeper.org Descanso Gardens 1418 Descanso Drive La Canada Flintridge 91011 818-949-7980 www.descansogardens.org Eaton Canyon Nature Center 1750 North Altadena Drive Pasadena 91107 626-398-5420 http://www.ecnca.org/ Fullerton Arboretum 1900 Associated Road Fullerton 92831 657-278-4681 www.fullertonarboretum.org Huntington Botanical Gardens 1151 Oxford Road San Marino 91108 626-405-2100 www.huntington.org J Paul Getty Museum – Getty Center 1200 Getty Center Drive Los Angeles 90049 310-440-7300 www.getty.edu/museum J Paul Getty Museum – Getty Villa 17985 Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 310-440-7300 www.getty.edu/museum Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden 301 North Baldwin Ave Arcadia 91007 626-821-4623 www.arboretum.org/ Natural History Museum of Los Angeles 900 Exposition Blvd Los Angeles 90007 213-763-3466 www.nhm.org/ Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch and Gardens 6400 East Bixby Hill Road Long Beach 90815 562-431-3541 https://www.rancholosalamitos.org/ Rancho Los Cerritos 4600 Virginia Road Long Beach 90807 562-206-2040 http://www.rancholoscerritos.org/ Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (See California Botanic Garden) Roger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road Corona del Mar, CA 92625 949-640-5800 www.rogersgardens.com San Diego Botanic Garden 230 Quail Gardens Drive Encinitas CA 92024 760-436-3036 http://www.sdbgarden.org South Coast Botanic Garden 26300 Crenshaw Blvd Palos Verdes Peninsula 90274 310-544-1948 www.southcoastbotanicgarden.org/ Southern California Horticultural Society Friendship Auditorium 3201 Riverside Drive Los Angeles CA 90027 818-567-1496 http://www.socalhort.org/ Theodore Payne Foundation 10459 Tuxford Street Sun Valley 91352 818-768-1802 theodorepayne.org University of California Riverside Botanic Garden 900 University Avenue Riverside 92521 951-784-6962 http://gardens.ucr.edu University of California South Coast Research & Extension Center 7601 Irvine Blvd Irvine 92618 949-653-1810 http://screc.ucanr.edu/Extension_Outreach_-_Education/ |
July 2021
DUE TO COVID-19 ADVISORIES, SOME PUBLIC GARDENS ARE OPEN FOR LIMITED DAYS/HOURS AND WITH SPECIFIC PRE-VISIT TICKET PURCHASING RESTRICTIONS. SOME NURSERIES ARE OPEN BY APPOINTMENT ONLY AND/OR OFFER ONLINE-ORDERING AND PICKUP-ONLY PURCHASES. CHECK WITH INDIVIDUAL LOCATIONS REGARDING CURRENT AVAILABILITY. Contact each location to confirm the listed event, for details, and for a full schedule. If the venue isn't listed for this month, there are no gardening-based events occurring. Events are free with admission unless otherwise indicated. ONLINE WEBINARS Upcoming Events, Online Zoom, Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden Upcoming Events, Online Zoom, California Garden & Landscape History Society Upcoming Classes, Online Zoom, California Native Plant Society Upcoming Classes, Online Zoom, Los Angeles & Santa Monica Mountains Chapter, California Native Plant Society Upcoming Classes, Online Instagram & Facebook, Rogers Gardens Upcoming Events, Smartgardening Upcoming Classes, Online Zoom, Theodore Payne Foundation Upcoming Webinars, Online Zoom, University of California Integrated Pest Management Urban & Community Webinars Upcoming Classes, Online Zoom, Waterwise Community Center, Chino Basin Water Conservation District Third Thursdays, 1-2pm, Online Webinar Series, Integrated Pest Management Information for California Residents Mondays, 6-21-21 through 8-30-21, 6:30-9:30pm, Online Zoom, Planting Design for the Home Gardener Tuesdays, 6-22-21 through 8-31-21, 6-7pm, Online Zoom, Indoor Plants: Care and Maintenance First Wednesdays, 1:30-3pm, Online Zoom, Plant Information with Arboretum Botanical Information Consultant Frank McDonough. Free for all attendees. Full information and required online registration at https://www.arboretum.org/calendar/ Thursdays, 6-24-21 through 9-2-21, 6:30-9:30pm, Online Zoom, Gardening Practices and Techniques with Jill Morganelli 7-8-21, 7:10pm, Online Zoom, Fruit Trees for Los Angeles Gardens with Joanna Glovinsky. Joanna Glovinsky, founder of Fruitstitute, and her team are fruit tree specialists providing seasonal tree care that includes pruning, feeding, integrated pest management and more. In this program, she will break down the biological differences between commercially cultivated fruit tree species - as compared to other trees - and the implications this has for management. She will also illuminate why most of the “rules” on fruit tree management don’t apply to residential fruit trees. Free, but must register to receive Zoom access = www.socalhort.org . For more information, email socalhort@gmail.com Meeting Timeline: 7:10 Announcements, 7:15 Plant Forum, 7:30 Speaker presentation 7-10-21, 2pm, Online Zoom, Recycling and Repurposing Household Throwaways Into New Garden Tools with Yvonne Savio. The Central Los Angeles Public Library hosts Yvonne Savio discussing using repurposed items for every task in a garden, with examples from home, school, and community gardens around the U.S., Canada, England and Europe. Free, but you must register to receive Zoom link. For more information and Online Registration = Ana Campos, 213-228-7128, acampos@lapl.org 7-17-21, 9am-1pm, In-Person, Purple Sage Lane Mosaic Workshop-Hands On Workshop hosted by Poly/ana. Join Artist Leigh Adams and Poly/Ana to learn how to transform broken discards in to beautiful designs while building community. This in-person workshop will cover techniques for working with glass, tile, and found materials. You’ll participate in creating a mosaic mural through the “indirect method” of working on mesh. Your work will contribute to the development of a garden wall mosaic in a beautiful garden as you learn to cut, hammer, and break things! Refreshments, coffee and water will be served. Please bring comfortable clothing, sensible, protective shoes/boots, gloves, coffee cup and water bottle. Our goal is to create zero-waste to net positive events with your help. There will be shade and comfortable areas to work. All proceeds will go to our budding not-for-profit organization, Poly/Ana, where our mission is to educate communities as agents of change and to honor and protect natural, living systems. $40. For more information and to register = www.studio-petrichor.com/events 7-24-21, 8-11:30am, In-Person, Nature Is the Teacher - An Observation Walk in Altadena. Join Poly/Ana for a journey into a native wildland area, where we will listen, observe, sketch and connect with nature. Leigh Adams and Shawn Maestretti will lead this walk through a local, semi-wilderness area to learn about native plants, how they grow in community, and to discuss ways we can all be leaders in environmental justice. This is a wonderful opportunity for landscape professionals, students, garden enthusiasts and beyond to grow in your field or hobby. Space is limited so reserve your spot now! All proceeds will go to our budding not-for-profit organization, Poly/Ana, where our mission is to educate communities as agents of change and to honor and protect natural, living systems. Participants will be emailed exact location a few days in advance. $30. For more information and to register = www.studio-petrichor.com/events For more garden events as they’re posted, see https://www.gardeninginla.net/submit-your-garden-events.html BOTANIC GARDENS AND OTHER VENUES Contact each location to confirm the listed event, for details, and for a full schedule. If the venue isn't listed for this month, there are no gardening-based events occurring. Events are free with admission unless otherwise indicated. Armstrong Garden Centers Including Anaheim, Claremont, Costa Mesa, Del Mar, Encinitas, Glendora, Huntington Beach, Irvine, La Canada-Flintridge, La Crescenta, Laguna Niguel, La Habra, Long Beach, Mission Valley, Monrovia, Morena, Newport Beach, Pasadena, Rancho Penasquitos, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Monica, Sherman Oaks, Temecula, Thousand Oaks, Torrance, Tustin, Westchester. www.ArmstrongGarden.com/event-calendar/ California Botanic Garden (formerly Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden) 1500 North College Avenue Claremont 91711 909-625-8767 calbg.org (formerly rsabg.org) California Native Plant Society – Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mountains Chapter First United Methodist Church 1008 11th Street Santa Monica 90403 818-782-9346 www.lacnps.org California Native Plant Society – Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mountains Chapter Sepulveda Garden Center 16633 Magnolia Blvd Encino 91436 818-782-9346 www.lacnps.org Coastkeeper Garden 8520 East Santiago Canyon Road Orange 92869 714-850-1965 www.coastkeeper.org Descanso Gardens 1418 Descanso Drive La Canada Flintridge 91011 818-949-7980 www.descansogardens.org Eaton Canyon Nature Center 1750 North Altadena Drive Pasadena 91107 626-398-5420 http://www.ecnca.org/ Fullerton Arboretum 1900 Associated Road Fullerton 92831 657-278-4681 www.fullertonarboretum.org Huntington Botanical Gardens 1151 Oxford Road San Marino 91108 626-405-2100 www.huntington.org J Paul Getty Museum – Getty Center 1200 Getty Center Drive Los Angeles 90049 310-440-7300 www.getty.edu/museum J Paul Getty Museum – Getty Villa 17985 Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 310-440-7300 www.getty.edu/museum Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden 301 North Baldwin Ave Arcadia 91007 626-821-4623 www.arboretum.org/ Natural History Museum of Los Angeles 900 Exposition Blvd Los Angeles 90007 213-763-3466 www.nhm.org/ Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch and Gardens 6400 East Bixby Hill Road Long Beach 90815 562-431-3541 https://www.rancholosalamitos.org/ Rancho Los Cerritos 4600 Virginia Road Long Beach 90807 562-206-2040 http://www.rancholoscerritos.org/ Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (See California Botanic Garden) Roger’s Gardens 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road Corona del Mar, CA 92625 949-640-5800 www.rogersgardens.com San Diego Botanic Garden 230 Quail Gardens Drive Encinitas CA 92024 760-436-3036 http://www.sdbgarden.org South Coast Botanic Garden 26300 Crenshaw Blvd Palos Verdes Peninsula 90274 310-544-1948 www.southcoastbotanicgarden.org/ Southern California Horticultural Society Friendship Auditorium 3201 Riverside Drive Los Angeles CA 90027 818-567-1496 http://www.socalhort.org/ Theodore Payne Foundation 10459 Tuxford Street Sun Valley 91352 818-768-1802 theodorepayne.org University of California Riverside Botanic Garden 900 University Avenue Riverside 92521 951-784-6962 http://gardens.ucr.edu University of California South Coast Research & Extension Center 7601 Irvine Blvd Irvine 92618 949-653-1810 http://screc.ucanr.edu/Extension_Outreach_-_Education/ |