Garden shows, lectures, tours … rhododendrons, roses, iris, other peak-of-spring blooms

Sunset, May, 1984

NOTHERN CALIFORNIA Suisun. May 3. Workshop on indoor plant culture, offered by Solano Community College. Place: Room 1414, the college, 1 mile north of Interstate 80 on Suisun Valley Rd. Hours: 7 to 9:30 P.M. Required preregistration 8 to 4:30 Mondays through Fridays at community service office, Room 616. Fee: $10. For further details, call (707) 864-7000, ext. 414. Concord. May 4, 5, and 6. Show and plant sale by the Orchid Society of California. Place: The Willows Shopping Center, 1975 Diamond Blvd. Hours: 1 to 9 Friday, 10 to 6 Saturday, noon to 5 Sunday. Free. Cupertino. May 5 and 6. Flower show by the De Anza Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society. Place: Cupertino Nursery, 10431 N. De Anza Blvd. Hours: noon to 5 Saturday, 10 to 4 Sunday. Free. Fort Bragg. May 5 and 6. Show by the Noyo Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society. Place: Veteran's Memorial Building, Laurel and Harrison streets. Hours: 1 to 5 Saturday, 9 to 5 Sunday. Free. Mountain View. May 5 and 6. Show by the Kusamura Bonsai Club. Place: Sangha Hall, Mountain View Buddhist Temple, 575 Stierlin Rd. Hours: noon to 9 Saturday, 10 to 4:30 Sunday. Free. Oakland. May 5 and 6. Wildflower show by the San Francisco Bay Chapter of the Native Plant Society and the Natural Sciences Guild of the Oakland Meseum. Place: Natural Sciences Gallery of the museum, 1000 Oak St. Hours: 10 to 5 Saturday, noon to 5 Sunday. Free. Rohnert Park. May 5 and 6. Seventeenth annual flower show by the Rohnert Park Garden Club. Place: Burton Avenue Recreation Center, 7421 Burton Ave. Hours: 1 to 5 both days. Free. Sacramento. May 5 and 6. Annual show and sale presented by the Sacramento Cactus and Succulent Society. Place: Iva gard Shepard Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd. Hours: 2 to 6 Saturday, 10 to 5 Sunday. Free. San Jose. May 5 and 6. Thirty-sixth annual show by the Santa Clara County Rose Society, sponsored by the Parks and Recreation Department. Place: Leininger Community Center, Kelley Park, 1300 Senter Rd. Hours: 2:30 to 7 Saturday, 9 to 4 Sunday. Free. San Mateo. May 5 and 6. Show by the San Mateo County Rose Society. Place: Security Pacific National Bank lobby, El Camino Real and Fifth Ave. Hours: 2 to 8 Saturday, 10 to 5 Sunday. Free. Sutter Creek. May 5 and 6. Flower show by the Sierra Madre Garden Club of Amador County. Place: Italian Picnic Grounds, State Highway 49 and Ridge Rd. Hours: noon to 5 Saturday, 9 to 5 Sunday. Fee: $2, $1 aages 11 and under. Watsonville. May 5 and 6. Garden and flower show by Gardeners of Monterey Bay Area. Place: Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, on State 152. Hours: 10 to 6 Saturday, 10 to 4 Sunday. Free. Oakland. May 6. Show by the East Bay Rose Society. Place: Lakeside Park Garden Center, 666 Bellevue Ave. Hours: 10 to 5. Free. Redwood City. May 6. Annual show by the Peninsula Rose Society, with cooperation from the Redwood City Parks and Recreation Department. Place: Community Activities Building, 1400 Roosevelt Ave. Hours: 1 to 5. Free. Watsonville. May 6. Annual exhibition by the Watsonville Bonsai Club. Place: Watsonville Buddhist Temple Annex, 423 Bridge St. Hours: 10 to 5. Free. Demonstration of bonsai techniques at 2 P.M. Roseville. May 9. Annual Roseville Arrangers Guild show and plant sale. Place: Floriculture Building, Placer County Fairgrounds. Hours: 11 to 4. Free. San Mateo. May 9. Annual plant exhibit by the Peninsula Succulent Club. Place: San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way. Hours: 1:30 to 4. Free. Cupertino. May 11 and 12. Show by the Cupertino Garden Club. Place: the mall at Sears, Vallco Fashion Park, Stevens Creek Blvd. and Wolfe Rd. Hours: 1 to 9 Friday, 10 to 5 Saturday. Free. San Mateo. May 12. A tour of five Peninsula gardens, sponsored by the San Mateo Arboretum Society. Hours: 11 to 4. For information on where to purchase tickets, call (415) 344-0454. For tickets by mail, send check for $8.50 by May 5 to San Mateo Arboretum Society, Box 1523, San Mateo, Calif. 94401 (include a stamped, self-addressed enveloped). Santa Rosa. May 12. Show by the Redwood Empire Rose Society. Place: Santa Rosa Plaza mall, 235 Santa Rosa Plaza, Fifth and B streets. Hours: 1 to 6. Free. Capitola. May 12 and 13. Show by the Monterey Bay Iris Society. Place: Capitola Mall, 1855 41st Ave. Hours: noon to 5 Saturday, noon to 4 Sunday. Free. Carmel Valley. May 12 and 13. Annual flower show by the Carmel Valley Garden Association. Place: Tularcitos School, 35 Ford Rd. Hours: 1 to 5 Saturday, 11 to 4 Sunday. Admission is free. Tickets ($4) for a garden tour on May 13 from 11 to 4 will be sold at the show. Fairfield. May 12 and 13. Annual show by the North Bay Rose Society. Place: Solano Mall, 1350 Travis Blvd. Hours: 10 to 6 Saturday, noon to 5 Sunday. Free. Oakland. May 12 and 13. Annual show by the Sydney B. Mitchell Iris Society. Place: Lakeside Park Garden Center, 666 Bellevue Ave. Hours: 1 to 5:30 Saturday, 10 to 5:30 Sunday. Free.