GARDEN CALENDAR.Garden and Patio Tour/Scholarship Fund-raiser by the Westlake Village Garden Club will feature five outstanding gardens/patios in the Westlake Village-Hidden Valley area, May 19 (with locations and map listed on ticket booklet). Tickets: $6 per person; children under 12 free. Ticket outlets: Armstrong Garden Center, Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. ; Westlake Florist and Westlake Plaza Florist, Westlake Village; Andi's Hallmark, Agoura; Colorful Garden Center and Agoura Book and Coffee Co., Agoura Hills; and Sperling Nursery, Calabasas. (805) 496-6026. Huntington Botanical Gardens A botanical garden is a place where plants, especially ferns, conifers and flowering plants, are grown and displayed for the purposes of research, conservation, and education. one-day-only plant sale will highlight plants with beautiful foliage and will showcase many specimens with colorful, variegated variegated adjective Multifaceted; with many colors, aspects, features, etc or unusually shaped leaves that can add texture and interest to landscapes year-round, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 19, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino San Marino, city, United States San Marino (săn mərē`nō), residential city (1990 pop. 12,959), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1913. Of interest is the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. . Admission to the sale (includes entrance to the 150-acre gardens and all museum exhibits): $7.50 adults; $6 seniors; and $4 students and children 12 and older; and free for children under 12. (818) 405-2100. Encino Floral Art Group meets the fourth Monday of each month, Sepulveda Garden Center, 16633 Magnolia Blvd., Encino. For details, call (818) 892-7732. Granada Hills African Violet African violet: see gesneria. African violet Any plant of the genus Saintpaulia, of the gesneriad family, especially S. ionantha. African violets are native to high elevations in tropical eastern Africa. Society meets at 11 a.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month, Town Hall room, Balboa-Mission Shopping Center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into , 16916 San Fernando Mission Blvd., Granada Hills. (818) 363-6222. Stonehurst Garden Club meets at 7:30 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month, Stonehurst Recreation Center, 9901 Dronfield St., Sun Valley. (818) 767-0664. Sherman Oaks Garden Club, meets at 10:30 a.m. the fourth Wednesday of each month, Sepulveda Garden Center, 16633 Magnolia Blvd., Encino. (818) 892-2252. |
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