Events: Gardening

The California Rare Fruit Growers meets the second Satruday of the month at South Coast Botanic Garden.

For additional information contact John Baskett at (310) 707-3903 or Carolyn Buchman (310) 370-7894

The South Coast Rose Society meets the third Thursday of the month at South Coast Botanic Garden, with the exception of July and August.

for additional information contact Gloria Leinbach at (310) 867-0967

Lecture included with paid Garden admission

Speaker: Debra Lee Baldwin

The South Coast Botanic Garden is proud to be the first Los Angeles-area venue to host Debra Lee Baldwin on tour with her new book, Succulents Simplified. Debra will share what's new and exciting with these architectural, geometric and stylish "plants that drink responsibly" and explain how a few photogenic Southern California gardens launched a worldwide phenomenon. “We have a near-perfect climate for succulents, so our botanical gardens, nurseries and landscape professionals have had a head start on the plants’ cultivation and uses,” she says. “The international gardening community is eager to see what Southern California hybridizers, growers and designers come up with next.” Debra also will show gorgeous new cultivars and how top garden and floral designers are using succulents in bouquets, topiaries and even wearable art. 

Award-winning garden photojournalist Debra Lee Baldwin authored Designing with Succulents and Succulent Container Gardens, both bestsellers. Her new book, Succulents Simplified: Growing, Designing and Crafting with 100 Easy-Care Varieties is a Timber Press summer, 2013 release. Debra is a regular contributor to Sunset and other publications, and her own half-acre garden near San Diego has been featured in Better Homes & Gardens. She specializes in showing how to use architectural, water-wise and easy-care succulents in a variety of appealing and creative applications. Debra will sign books before and after her presentation.

Daytime Classes

Mondays

June 3, 24, July 8, 29, August 12, 26

9:00 am – 11:00 am

Columbia Park Community Garden Presentation Area

NEW! Evening Classes

Mondays

June 3, 24, July 29

Thursday

August 15

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

South Coast Botanic Garden, Classroom A

$8 per class members / $10 per class non-members

Instructor: Judith Gerber (judith.gerber@tmmc.com)

We are pleased to offer this exclusive opportunity through a program at the Torrance Memorial Learning Garden. Participants can learn how to grow an edible garden and actually work in a garden plot. This year-round program features formal classes/lectures, work days, and much more. In addition to these more formal classes, there are ongoing “work” days that include hands-on instruction in topics such as plant selection, soil preparation, fertilizing, natural pest control, irrigation, general garden maintenance, and harvesting/deadheading. Class is limited to six participants for daytime classes only.

#1 – *Container Vegetable Gardening: Monday, June 3, 9 am or Monday, June 3, 6 pm

#2 – *Summer Garden Maintenance: Monday, June 24, 9 am or Monday, June 24, 6 pm

#3 – Learning Garden First Birthday Party – Come and Celebrate Our First Anniversary!: Monday, July 8, 9 am

#4 – *Troubleshooting Your Garden: How to Assess Problems & How to Prevent Them: Monday, July 29, 9 am or Monday, July 29, 6 pm

#5 – *Hot Weather Planting for Cool Season Harvesting: Monday, August 12, 9 am or Thursday, August 15, 6 pm

#6 – Preserving the Harvest/Recipes from the Garden: Monday, August 26, 9 am

*NEW! Can’t make the daytime class out at the Learning Garden? We are now offering evening “repeats” of most daytime classes at South Coast Botanic Garden. Contact Judith Gerber at (310) 543-1917 or judith.gerber@tmmc.com for more information.

(All daytime classes meet at Columbia Park Community Garden Presentation Area, weather permitting. Instructor will notify participants if there is a change in meeting place. Columbia Park is located at 4045 W. 190^th Street in Torrance.)