GARDENING FANS PAINT TOWN GREEN AND PRETTY.Byline: Susan Abram Staff Writer ENCINO - Marsha Stout came all the way from Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. to the Valley to sift through the legendary seed bin. At five packets for $1, how could she resist? ``I need these seeds like I need a hole in the head,'' Stout admitted as she sorted through her collection of green zebra This article is about the tomato cultivar. For the San Francisco-based green publication, see Green Zebra (publication). Green Zebra is a tomato cultivar with characteristic green and yellow stripes. tomatoes, Eskimo marigolds and orange Mexican sunflowers. For those who have a growing interest in anything from flowers to vegetables, lily ponds to 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. , Saturday's 18th annual Garden Fair at the Sepulveda Garden Center was like a buried-treasure hunt. Participants watched demonstrations in pruning, learned about the latest trends in landscaping, bought hard-to-find herbs and strolled through community gardens where plump turnips, purple pansies and wild vines grew. And, of course, many eventually made their way to the seed bin, where Stout and others - enthusiastic as kids trading baseball cards - crouched down for several minutes to sift and exchange the small envelopes. ``I belong to like a zillion garden clubs,'' said Stout, calling gardening a perfect hobby. ``It's a stress reducer, and look at all the flowers around here. Who wouldn't want to do all that?'' This year's garden fair was smaller than those in years past, said event coordinator Janet LaFrance. Budget cuts into the city's Department of Recreation and Parks forced organizers to shorten the event from two days to one. But the fair still went on without a hitch, LaFrance said, and garden enthusiasts seemed pleased that their favorite event was still around. Clubs such as the Sansui-Kai of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, displayed award-winning bonsai and answered questions about the art of dwarfing and shaping tiny trees that, if cared for properly, can live for hundreds of years. ``You can start working on one of these trees and still have it for the rest of your life For The Rest Of Your Life is a British game show on ITV, hosted by Nicky Campbell. It is produced by Initial, a company of Endemol. Format Round One ,'' said Sansui-Kai member Art Davis
Art Davis (December 5 1934 - July 29 2007) was a double-bassist, best known for his work with jazz musicians including Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, and . ``It's living art.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) In photo above, Valley Iris Society member Janice Lauritzen, left foreground, smiles Saturday at the admiration of iris shopper Ila Tanchuk, right, at the 18th annual Garden Fair at the Sepulveda Garden Center. At left, Susan Taeb sniffs the perfume of a flowering plant flowering plant Any of the more than 250,000 species of angiosperms (division Magnoliophyta) having roots, stems, leaves, and well-developed conductive tissues (xylem and phloem). . Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer |
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