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The Novato Garden Club’s annual May Mart plant sale is from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 10 outside Pini Ace Hardware at 1535 S. Novato Blvd. Call 897-8607.
The annual Beyond the Garden Gate tour of four private gardens in Ross is from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. May 10. Shuttles leave every 15 minutes from the College of Marin’s Lot No. 15 on Kent Avenue in Kentfield. $40 to $50. Go to www.rossgardentour.org.
The Friends of Falkirk Gardens succulent sale is from 9 a.m. to noon May 10 at the Falkirk Greenhouse at 1408 Mission Ave. in San Rafael. Go to www.falkirkculturalcenter.org or www.marinmg.org.
Betsy McGee of Marin Master Gardeners speaks about “Creating a Haven for Wildlife” at 11 a.m. May 10 at the Novato Library at 1720 Novato Blvd. Call 473-4204 or go to www.marinmg.org.
Yvonne Horn discusses “The Traveling Gardener” at 2:30 p.m. May 10 at Book Passage at 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. in Corte Madera. $25. Call 927-0960 or go to www.book passage.com.
West Marin Commons offers a weekly harvest exchange at 1:30 p.m. Saturdays at the Livery Stable gardens on the commons in Point Reyes Station. Go to www.westmarin commons.org.
The Marin County Outdoor Antique Market, with antiques, collectibles, books, jewelry, art, rugs and vintage furniture, is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 11 in the parking lot of the Marin County Veterans Memorial Auditorium at 10 Avenue of the Flags in San Rafael. Free. Call 383-2552 or go to www.golden gateshows.com.
Lloyd Kahn discusses “Tiny Homes on the Move” at 7 p.m. May 12 at the Bolinas Community Center at 14 Wharf Road. Free. Call 868-2128 or go to www.bocenter.org.
The Novato Independent Elders Program seeks volunteers to help Novato seniors with their overgrown yards on Tuesday mornings or Thursday afternoons. Call 899-8296.
Volunteers are sought to help in Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy nurseries from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays at Tennessee Valley, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays at Muir Woods or 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays or 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays in the Marin Headlands. Call 561-3077 or go to www.parksconservancy.org/get-involved/volunteer/.
Lidija Treadway speaks about “The Easy Way to Exhibit Your Beautiful Roses” at a Marin Rose Society program at 7:30 p.m. May 13 at the San Rafael Corporate Center at 750 Lindaro St. $5. Call 457-6045 or go to www.marinrose.org.
Gaylan Faulk of Avant Gardens speaks about “Landscape Designs” at a meeting of the Peacock Garden Club at 11 a.m. May 14 at the Falkirk Cultural Center at 1408 Mission Ave., in San Rafael. Free. Call 453-2816.
The SPAWN (Salmon Protection and Watershed Network) native plant nursery days are from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fridays and weekends. Call 663-8590, ext. 114, or email preston@tirn.net to register and for directions.
“The Groundwork of Organic Gardening,” a workshop with Wendy Johnson, is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 17 at the College of Marin Indian Valley campus at 1800 Ignacio Blvd. in Novato. $30. Go to ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=12001 to register.
The Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership’s Eco-Friendly Garden Tour is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 17 at gardens in Novato, Petaluma and Sonoma. Free. Call 707-547-1933 or go to www.saving water partnership.org/partner/ to register and for directions.
The Marin Rose Society’s 40th annual spring rose show is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 17 between Macy’s and Applebee’s at the north end of Northgate Mall at 5800 Northgate Drive in San Rafael. Enter your roses between 7 and 9:30 a.m. All blooms will be offered for sale at 4 p.m. Call 457-6045 or go to www.marinrose.org.
Marin Master Gardeners and the Marin Municipal Water District offer free residential Bay-Friendly Garden Walks to MMWD customers. The year-round service helps homeowners identify water-saving opportunities and soil conservation techniques for their landscaping. Call 473-4204 to request a visit to your garden.
Marin Open Garden Project (MOGP) volunteers are available to help Marin residents glean excess fruit from their trees for donations to local organizations serving people in need and to build raised beds to start vegetable gardens through the MicroGardens program. MGOP also offers a garden tool lending library. Go to www.opengardenproject.org or email contact@opengarden project.org.
The Marin Organic Glean Team seeks volunteers to harvest extras from the fields at various farms for the organic school lunch and gleaning program. Call 663-9667 or go to www.marinorganic.org.
San Francisco
The Conservatory of Flowers, at 100 John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park, displays permanent galleries of tropical plant species as well as changing special exhibits from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. $2 to $7. Call 831-2090 or go to www.conservatoryofflowers.org.
The San Francisco Botanical Garden Society, at Ninth Avenue and Lincoln Way in Golden Gate Park, offers several ongoing events. $7; free to San Francisco residents, members and school groups. Call 661-1316 or go to www.sf botanicalgarden.org. Free docent tours leave from the Strybing Bookstore near the main gate at 1:30 p.m. weekdays, 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. weekends; and from the north entrance at 2 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Groups of 10 or more can call ahead for special-focus tours.
Around the Bay
Cornerstone Gardens is a permanent, gallery-style garden featuring walk-through installations by international landscape designers on nine acres at 23570 Highway 121 in Sonoma. Free. Call 707-933-3010 or go to www.corner stonegardens.com.
Garden Valley Ranch rose garden at 498 Pepper Road in Petaluma is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. Self-guided and group tours are available. $2 to $10. Call 707-795-0919 or go to www.gardenvalley.com.
The Luther Burbank Home at Santa Rosa and Sonoma avenues in Santa Rosa has docent-led tours of the greenhouse and a portion of the gardens every half hour from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. $7. A Mother’s Day plant sale is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 11. Call 707-524-5445.
McEvoy Ranch at 5935 Red Hill Road in Petaluma offers tips on planting olive trees and has olive trees for sale by appointment. Call 707-769-4123 or go to www.mcevoy ranch.com.
Wednesdays are volunteer days from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Occidental Arts and Ecology Center at 15290 Coleman Valley Road in Occidental. Call 707-874-1557, ext. 201, or go to www.oaec.org.
Dennis Dierks of Paradise Valley Produce speaks about “Soil Health and Fertility” at 7 p.m. May 13 at the Petaluma Seed Bank at 199 N. Petaluma Blvd. in Petaluma. Free. Go to www.brownpapertickets.com/event/667839 to register.
Quarryhill Botanical Garden at 12841 Sonoma Highway in Glen Ellen offers third Saturday docent-led tours at 10 a.m. March through October. The garden covers 61 acres and showcases a large selection of scientifically documented wild source temperate Asian plants. The garden is open for self-guided tours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. $5 to $10. Call 707-996-3166 or go to www.quarryhillbg.org.
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