Garden Events

Walks, Talks, Shows and Special Sales

Friday-Oct. 24: Landscape Architecture Student Show, 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Monday-Thursday; 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday; and 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Saturday, at UCLA Extension on the Third Street Promenade, 1338 3rd St., Santa Monica; (310) 825-9414. Free.

Saturday: Southern California Iris Society fall sale, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., inside the Plaza at West Covina (near Macy’s lower level), 1200 West Covina Parkway, West Covina; (626) 331-2105. Free admission.

Saturday: Class on which roses do best and where by Bill Robinson, 9:30 a.m.-noon, at the Arboretum of Los Angeles County, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia. $13 with registration requested by calling (626) 447-8207.

Saturday-Sept. 28: South Coast Bonsai Show and Sale, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at the South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula; (310) 544-1948. $5, adults; $3, seniors and students; $1, children.

Saturday-Sept. 28: San Diego Orchid Fair, a show and sale with talks and demonstrations, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, with a free orchid plant and potting class for children at 10 a.m. both days, at Quail Botanical Gardens, 230 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas; (760) 436-3036. $4, adults; children under 12, free.

Sept. 28: Long Beach Cactus Club auction, noon, at Dominguez Adobe, 18127 S. Alameda St., Compton; (562) 832-2262. Free admission.

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Send garden announcements to Garden Events, Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA 90053, at least three weeks before the event date.