Grower News

If you have a plant-related class, garden tour or other event you’d like us to mention, email jeanette.marantos@latimes.com — at least three weeks in advance — and we may include it. Send a high-resolution horizontal photo, if possible, and tell us what we’re seeing and whom to credit. Oct. 5 A Buckwheat in Every Garden , the new campaign created by the Orange County chapter of the California Native Plant Society to provide habitat and food for threatened butterflies, has its first buckwheat giveaway event during Acorn Day in O’Neill Regional Park, 30892 Trabuco Canyon Road in Trabuco Canyon, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., while supplies last. This is the first of four giveaways planned in October to distribute about 1,500 4-inch “Dana Point” California buckwheat plants grown by the Tree of Life Nursery in San Juan Capistrano. The free plants are available to Orange County homeowners. buckwheatbringsbutterflies.com “Pomegranates: A Breeder’s Perspective” is the topic of this month’s meeting of the Foothill Chapter of the California Rare Fruit Growers. John Chater , a post-doctoral scholar at UC Riverside who specializes in pomegranates will discuss the development of the fruit as well as the current state of pomegranate breeding. 1 p.m. at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., in Arcadia. foothillcrfg.org Oct. 7 Updates about horticulture programs being implemented by the state is the topic of California Native Plant Society Horticulture Outreach Manager Kristen Wernick during the monthly meeting of the South Coast Chapter of the CNPS. 7:30 p.m. at the Madrona Marsh Nature Center, 3201 Plaza del Amo in Torrance. sccnps.org Oct. 8 “Tea: A Journey from Leaf to Cup,” is the topic for this month’s meeting of the West Valley Garden Club at Orcutt Ranch Horticulture Center, 23600 Roscoe Blvd. in West Hills. Speaker Ben Vallens discusses the variations of tea, and how its history shaped the world’s cultures. 11 a.m. The talk is preceded by a floral design class by Jennifer Lee-Thorp at 9:30 a.m. and a business meeting at 10 a.m. westvalleygardenclub.org Oct. 9 Claremont Garden Club hosts Wild […]

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