ROSES TO HIGHLIGHT CELEBRATION; MAY DAY FESTIVAL WILL FEATURE CHARM OF OLD ENGLAND.Byline: Mary Lou Aurelio Daily News Staff Writer With the scent of 5,000 roses in the air, Descanso Gardens Descanso Gardens is a 160-acre botanical garden and historical site located at 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge, California, USA. Situated in a natural “bowl” in the San Rafael Hills, this calming, urban retreat is just 14 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. in La Canada Flintridge will evoke the sights and sounds of an Old English Old English: see type; English language; Anglo-Saxon literature. Old English or Anglo-Saxon Language spoken and written in England before AD 1100. It belongs to the Anglo-Frisian group of Germanic languages. May Day this weekend with a two-day festival of music, magic and dance. A court jester court jester: see fool. will welcome visitors to the Rose Revel festival held on the grounds of the 5-acre Rosarium rosarium a rose garden. See also: Flowers , which showcases 5,000 antique and modern roses. ``That's what we're most famous for - the roses'' said Mary Brosius, Descanso Gardens curator. And this is a prime time to see them in bloom. While the Old-English-themed performers provide entertainment, including a dance around the maypole by the Ballet Petite of La Canada, visitors can walk through the Rosarium gardens, which include more than 1,400 rose varieties. Some of the award winners include the light-pink-and-cream Garden Party rose and the white-with-red-edge Betty Boop. Many of the roses are hybrids of older, fuller, fragrant roses crossed with the newer, upright, more defined varieties, said Brosius. Tours of the grounds will be provided, and roses will be for sale. ``A revel isn't complete without a market,'' said Karen Dardick, Descanso spokeswoman. She said miniature rose plants, pressed flower art, rose potpourri, herb pots, flower baskets and pressed flower cards will be available. The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The Westwood Madrigal madrigal, name for two different forms of Italian music, one related to the poetic madrigal in the 14th cent., the other the most common form of secular vocal music in the 16th cent. singers will perform in Elizabethan costume, and 12th-century Irish and Scottish folk songs will be performed on a Scottish harp. ``The court jester will lead a procession of children who will invite visitors to sip tea, nibble Half a byte (four bits). (data) nibble - /nib'l/ (US "nybble", by analogy with "bite" -> "byte") Half a byte. Since a byte is nearly always eight bits, a nibble is nearly always four bits (and can therefore be represented by one hex digit). on scones and muffins, and to stroll the paths,'' Dardick said. There will also be a children's crafts table where youngsters can color prints of roses, make flower circlets and May baskets. For the adults, experts from the 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. Rose Society, 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 and the Tinseltown Rose Society will offer growing tips. Admission to Rose Revel is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and students, and $1 for ages 5 to 12. The 160-acre Descanso Gardens, nestled in the San Rafael Hills foothills, is about 20 minutes from downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . It is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. seven days a week and is closed only on Christmas, Dardick said. The grounds are a bird sanctuary and haven to 150 different species, some who live there and others on migratory stopovers. There is an observatory overlooking a 1-1/2-acre lake and nesting site. Besides the Rosarium, there is a 35-acre California live oak and camellia camellia (kəmēl`yə) [for G. J. Kamel, a Moravian Jesuit missionary], any plant of the genus Camellia in the tea family, evergreen shrubs or small trees native to Asia but now cultivated extensively in warm climates and in forest, koi streams, a Japanese tea house, an Old English garden, a lilac grove and 20,000 tulips. For information, call (818) 952-4400. ROSE REVEL FESTIVAL SCHEDULE Here is the schedule for the Rose Revel festival Saturday and Sunday at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Canada Flintridge. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and students, $1 for ages 5-12, under-5 free. For information, call (818) 952-4400. SATURDAY 10 a.m. - The Westwood Madrigal Singers; the Ballet of the Foothills and Ballet Petite dancers; the Three Cupids; the Pennyroyal pennyroyal, name for two similar plants of the family Labiatae (mint family), usually distinguished as true, or European, pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) and American, or mock, pennyroyal (Hedeoma pulegioides). Morris Dancers. 11 a.m. - Diane Plaster and Sherrill Wood will perform Scottish and Irish folk tunes on the flute. Noon - Rolene Otero will perform 12th-century Irish and Scottish folk songs. SUNDAY 10 a.m. - Bobbie Jo Curley will play the harp and sing folk songs of the British Isles. 11 a.m. - Students from the Margaret Cleary School of Irish Dance will perform. Noon - The Rattle-Up Morris Dancers. 1:30 p.m. - The Waverly Dancers, a group of more than 50, will perform Scottish and Irish folk dances. CAPTION(S): Box PHOTO Visitors to Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge admire the roses in first bloom. 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