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TCHOTCHKE OR TREASURE? Gather up your old menorahs, kiddush cups and seder plates for the first Judaica Roadshow and Art Exhibit from 9 a.m to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Mount Sinai Memorial Park. The free event is inspired by the PBS television series ``Antique Roadshow'' and will feature professional appraisers who will offer an informal, verbal appraisal on two Judaica collectibles per family. For those unfamiliar with the rapidly growing hobby of Judaica collecting, the field includes objects from religious holidays, geographic areas (such as Poland) and the cultures (such as Sephardic). While you're there, check out the special art exhibit ``In Tribute to Our Heritage'' featuring the work of several contemporary Jewish artists. The park is located at 6150 Mount Sinai Drive, Simi Valley.

- Barbara De Witt 

EXPRESSIONS IN WOOD: Los Angeles sculptor Jean Wolff is best-known for her work in bronze, stone and steel, but she's now expressing herself with wood. The Wolff exhibit of sculptures created with a mallet and chisel and sometimes mixed with other media - such as papier-mache - opens today at the Hedi Khorsand Gallery, 634 N. Robertson Blvd., West Hollywood, and runs through June 30. Gallery hours are 11 a.m to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

- B.D.

UNDER THE BIG TENT: This weekend, more than 100 exhibitors will gather for the sixth annual Home and Garden Show at Saugus Speedway. Along with ideas for home improvement and landscaping, there will be a display of RVs and boats. The show continues from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call [phone] or go to www.saugusspeedway.com.

- Elizabeth Smilor

WEIRD AND WONDERFUL PLANTS: Purple dragons, plants that ooze blood and other botanical oddities will be offered at the ``Weird and Wonderful, Magical and Mystical'' plant sale at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens. Traditional gardeners will also find old favorites such as camellias, roses and succulents. There is no admission fee to the plant sale, which will be held outside the library grounds in the parking at 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. Shoppers are advised to bring a wagon or cart to carry their purchases. For more information, call [phone] or visit the Web site at www.huntington.org.

- B.D.

THROUGH THE GARDEN GATE: Looking for new ideas for your garden, or just want to smell the roses? Sunday you can stroll down six garden paths through rose gardens, wisteria-covered pergolas and southwestern landscapes. This year, the Garden Conservancy's national Open Days Program invites the public to visit all six, including the Nash garden in Arcadia, Nakaki Landscapes' three gardens in La Canada Flintridge, and the La Folie and Bixby gardens in Pasadena. The fee is $23 for all six, and you need to call the Garden Conservancy at [phone] for reservations. Only have time for one garden? Harlan and Sally Bixby at 5 Oak Knoll Terrace, Pasadena, are allowing the public to tour their grounds for a $5 fee, which will be donated to Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge. Tour hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information on the conservancy or to order a catalog, visit www.gardenconservancy.org.

- B.D.

PRIME-TIME GARDENING: HGTV kicks off the spring gardening season at 8 p.m. Monday through Friday with the debut of its new outdoor design series, ``Landscapers' Challenge,'' paired with five special episodes of ``Designing for the Sexes: Outdoors.'' The latter is about creating landscapes for couples with different tastes and will feature the latest on patio furniture, barbecues, fountains and flowers, followed by the new ``Landscapers' Challenge'' hosted by Marianne Curan. In each episode, Curan puts three professional landscape designers to the test by asking them to compete for the same project and give a full presentation to the homeowner, who then decides which one to hire. Homes in the San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys are included in this week's episodes. Viewers will get to watch and do their own comparison shopping. The program's regular 8 p.m. Thursday slot begins on May 30.

- B.D.

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(4) no caption (scene from ``Landscapers' Challenge'')