By Talk Filoli horticulture director
Lucy Tolmach, director of horticulture at Filoli in Woodside, will be the speaker at the Western Horticultural Society meeting, 7:30 p.m., March 14 at Loyola School, 770 Berry Ave., Los Altos. Tolmach will discuss how the gardens at the estate are maintained and preserved.
There will also be a plant raffle and plant discussion. Admission is free and visitors are welcome.
Handmade gift ideas
Susan Jones, an English stitchery and craft expert, will present a program entitled “Gift Ideas” 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., March 10 in the Los Altos Library Program Room. The program will be part of the general meeting of the Peninsula Stitchery Guild. For more information, call Angela Bonomo, membership chair, at (408) 725-1507.
Do-it-yourself remodeling classes
The nonprofit Building Education Center, 812 Page St., Berkeley, has sponsored homeowners’ remodeling, designing and maintenance classes for many years. Upcoming one-day workshops, all scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and costing $75, include Owner Contracting, Cost Estimating, How to Prevent Homeowner Nightmares, Garden Hardscapes and Masonry Work, Kitchen Design Fundamentals and How to Inspect a House, among many more.
The ever-popular Homeowner’s Essential Course, which costs $475 and meets weekly for two months, started on Feb. 6 at West Valley College in Saratoga. There will also be a six-day intensive version of the course in Berkeley 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 23-28.
To receive a free class schedule, call (510) 525-7610 or visit www.bldgeductr.org.
March flower and garden shows
Save these dates now: San Francisco Garden Show at the Cow Palace, March 21-25, with 23 landscaped gardens, 450 marketplace booths, a plant market, an orchid pavilion, bonsai and ikebana exhibits and 70 free seminars and workshops. For ticket information, call (800) 829-9751 or visit www.gardenshow.com.
March 19-23, “Bouquets to Art,” sponsored by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, presents flower arrangements by leading Bay Area floral experts teamed with works of art at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor.
For ticket information, call (415) 750-3504, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday
California Garden, landscape society
All plant lovers, gardeners, historians, architects and designers are cordially invited to join the California Garden and Landscape History Society, founded in 1995, which promotes interest and study in California’s garden and landscape history.
Meetings are held alternately in Northern and Southern California, and there is a quarterly publication, EDEN. Individual memberships are $20 per year. To join, send your name, address, phone number and e-mail address, along with $20, to the Membership Secretary, P.O. Box 1075, Palo Alto 94302-1075.
