GARDEN CALENDAR.TreePeople offers a free Tree Tour of Coldwater Canyon Park for participants to learn about the endangered Valley Oak, discover trees that Americans Indians used for medicine and food, and ``dinosaur'' trees that evolved in prehistoric times, as well as how these trees survive and thrive in today's 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. urban forest, 1 to 2 p.m. April 14, 12601 Mulholland Drive For the motion picture, see . Mulholland Drive is a very well-known road in Los Angeles, California named after engineer William Mulholland. A portion of it is also called Mulholland Highway. (intersection of Coldwater Canyon and Mulholland Drive, between Studio City and Beverly Hills). Reservations are required. (818) 753-4631. Tenth annual Lummis Home and Garden Fair will present garden displays throughout the two-acre garden created by landscape designers and architects, as well as popular garden walk/talks by plant experts, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 14, 200 E. Avenue 43, next to the Pasadena (110) Freeway, Los Angeles. Suggested donation: $3. (212) 222-0546. 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. Rose Society will present Robert B. Martin Jr., editor of The Pasadena Rose, speaking on rose culture, 7:30 p.m. April 16, St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church stood across Liberty Street from the South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, USA. It was completely destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks when the South Tower collapsed. (recreation room facing Plummer Avenue), 9501 Balboa Blvd., Granada Hills. (818) 360-8078. The Burbank African Violet Society will meet 7 p.m. April 18, Magnolia Park United Methodist Church United Methodist Church, in the United States, religious body formed by the union in 1968 of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church (see Methodism). , 2828 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank. The program will cover the final preparations for the society's May 4 annual display and sale. (818) 846-1241. ``Irises Make Music'' is the theme for the 22nd annual spring show of the San Fernando Valley Iris Society, to be held 1 to 9 p.m. April 19 and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 20, Central Court, the Promenade, Woodland Hills. For more information, call (818) 341-8504 or (818) 885-0391. LAIFs, Los Angeles International Fern Society will present Jim Downer down·er n. A depressant or sedative drug, such as a barbiturate or tranquilizer. speaking on ``How to Make a World of Plants to Live Under Glass'' (terrariums), 7:30 p.m. April 19, downstairs lecture hall, Arboretum arboretum: see botanical garden. arboretum Place where trees, shrubs, and sometimes herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes. An arboretum may be a collection in its own right or a part of a botanical garden. of Los Angeles County, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia. Free admission. For more information, call (310) 698-7696 or (818) 441-3148. SOURCE: - Mary VoseMEMO: Send listings three weeks before the event to: Garden Calendar, L.A. Life, P.O. Box 4200, Woodland Hills, Calif. 91365-4200. |
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