GARDEN BLOOMS FOR FAIR SEPULVEDA BEGINS GROWING SEASON.Byline: ERIC LEACH Staff Writer ENCINO -- With acres of flowers blooming just south of the Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. , the Sepulveda Garden Center is expected to draw about 1,000 people this weekend to its Country Garden Fair, where visitors can buy plants and crafts, listen to music, visit an array of garden plots and see a bonsai bonsai (bōn`sī), art of cultivating dwarf trees. Bonsai, developed by the Japanese more than a thousand years ago, is derived from the Chinese practice of growing miniature plants. show. The free family event is offered at the start of the summer growing season growing season, period during which plant growth takes place. In temperate climates the growing season is limited by seasonal changes in temperature and is defined as the period between the last killing frost of spring and the first killing frost of autumn, at which to provide information and inspiration to home gardeners in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and help people get to know exactly what is offered at the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. center. "This is a great place. When you are driving by on the freeway, there is no awareness it is here," said Jon Kopitzke, one of the visitors to the center Saturday with his wife Cheryl. The Sepulveda Garden Center opened in 1966 and includes about 16 acres with more than 400 garden plots -- each about 10 feet by 20 feet -- in which individuals can plant fruits, vegetables, flowers and herbs. Some of the gardeners grow food for animals Food for Animals is a band[1] formed in the surrounding areas of Washington, D.C., the ever expanding group features Andrew Field-Pickering, Ricky Rabbit, Daniel, and Sterling Warren. Their music is generally categorized as Indie hip hop and subcategorized as Noise Music. at the Los Angeles Zoo The Los Angeles Zoo founded in 1966, is a large zoo located in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Zoo, located in Los Angeles' Griffith Park, is home to 1,200 animals from around the world. ; their area is known as the Gorilla Garden. "Animals love roses. It is one of the favorite foods of gorillas," said Neal Mitchell of West Hollywood West Hollywood A community of southern California northeast of Beverly Hills. It is mainly residential. Population: 36,600. , who grows about two dozen varieties of roses near the Gorilla Garden in his own plot to create an English garden effect. He said the Sepulveda Garden Center offers food, beauty and a place to socialize so·cial·ize v. so·cial·ized, so·cial·iz·ing, so·cial·iz·es v.tr. 1. To place under government or group ownership or control. 2. To make fit for companionship with others; make sociable. . "It's a supportive group of people who find gardening psychologically and spiritually inspiring," he said. The Sepulveda Garden Center usually is open from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day and one evening a week during the summer. It's closed on holidays. The plots at the center rent for $20 a year with rototilling provided for $5, and soil supplements and tools available on site. It is against the rules to enter someone else's garden plot without his or her permission, and no fruits, vegetables or flowers may be picked from another person's plot. The regular gardeners say it is maddening when they find an unauthorized visitor eating the fruits and vegetables they have worked so hard to grow. Azadouhie Babi of Van Nuys was working Saturday in her plot, where she grows eggplant, poppies, grapes, fava beans, tomatoes and other crops. "It's organic. I prefer everything organic," she said. "It's a lot of work, but it's fun at the same time. People stop by and say they are amazed." eric.leach(at)dailynews.com (805) 583-7602 IF YOU GO: The Country Garden Fair is free and continues 9 a.m.-5 p.m. today at the Sepulveda Garden Center, 16633 Magnolia Blvd., Encino. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Sharon Archibald takes time to smell the roses at the Country Garden Fair at the Sepulveda Garden Center in Encino on Saturday. The event continues today. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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