Special events
Today
Friends of the Jensen Botanical Garden work day. Bring work gloves, hand pruners and a drink. Lunch will be provided. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Jensen Garden, 8520 Fair Oaks Blvd., Carmichael. (916) 485-5322, ext. 23.
Sunday
Enchanting Sweet Peas flower farm open house with over 50 varieties of sweet peas in full bloom. Talks and tips on how to grow sweet peas will be given by farm owner Glenys Johnson. 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. 900 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol. Free. (800) 371-0233.
Friday-July 14
The 18th annual Sculpture in the Garden juried art exhibit featuring sculptures by artists from all over the West Coast. Preview party with music and refreshments 5:30-8 p.m. Friday ($75), 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. The Ruth Bancroft Garden, 1552 Bancroft Road, Walnut Creek. $10 general, $7 seniors and students, free for members and children younger than 12. (925) 944-9352.
Next Saturday
Open garden at the horticulture center with UC master gardeners demonstrating summer fruit tree pruning and T-bud grafting. Learn how to use herbs as a lawn alternative and how to care for grape vines in the summer. 8:30-11:30 a.m. Horticulture Center, 11549 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks. Free. (916) 875-6913.
Soroptimist International of Quincy 12th annual garden tour, featuring home gardens with mountain blooms and an instructional vegetable garden. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. $10. For locations to pick up a map and buy tickets call (530) 283-0957.
Classes and workshops
Today
Learn how to plant in containers with Master Gardener Kristen Rankin in the El Dorado County Master Gardener class, “Hanging Baskets.” 9 a.m.-noon. Veterans Memorial Building, 130 Placerville Drive, Placerville. Free. (530) 621-5502.
Wednesday
See the demonstration flower gardens in bloom during a lunchtime stroll in the UC Davis Arboretum with arboretum superintendent emeritus Warren Roberts. Noon. Meet at the arboretum gazebo on Garrod Drive, UC Davis campus. Parking is $7 in Visitor Lot 55. (530) 752-4880.
Next Saturday
Learn the basics of container gardening and discovery a variety of plants that do well in containers during a workshop titled, “Contain Your Enthusiasm: Container Gardening.” 9 a.m.-noon. NID Business Center Grounds, 1036 W. Main St., Grass Valley. Free. (530) 273-0919.
Meetings
Thursday
Sacramento Rose Society celebrates the reopening of the McKinley Park memorial rose garden with a garden tour and ice cream social. Public welcome. 7:30 p.m. Shepard Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento. Free. (916) 799-6199.
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