April garden shows, sales, workshops, tours…herbs, roses, iris, dahlias, much more

Sunset, April, 1986

April garden shows, sales, workshops, tours . . . herbs, roses, iris, dahlias, much more

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Walnut Creek. April classes and workshops offered at Heather Farm Garden Center, 1540 Marchbanks Dr. Topics: potpourri making, beginning and intermediate flower arranging, grafting, herb gardens. For details, call (415) 947-1678 weekdays between 9 and 1.

San Jose. April 4, 5, and 6. Show and plant sale by the Nite Bloomers African Violet Society. Place: Westgate Mall, 1600 Saratoga Ave. Hours: 2 to 9 Friday, 10 to 6 Saturday, noon to 5 Sunday. Admission is free.

Orinda. April 5. Spring flower show by the Orinda Garden Club. Place: Community Center, 26 Orinda Way. Hours: 10:30 to 4. Free.

Chico. April 5 and 6. Spring flower show by the Chico Horticultural Society. Place: Pleasant Valley Recreation Center, 2220 North Ave. Hours: noon to 5. Free.

Oakland. April 5 and 6. Show and plant sale by the Bay Area Bonsai Associates. Place: Lakeside Park Garden Center, 666 Bellevue Ave. Hours: 10 to 5. Free.

Sacramento. April 5 and 6. Show and plant sale by the Capital City African Violet Society. Place: Iva Gard Shepard Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd. Hours: 2 to 6 Saturday, 10 to 5 Sunday. Admission is free.

San Francisco. April 5 and 6. Annual show and plant sale by the Bromeliad Society of San Francisco. Place: Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, Ninth Ave. and Lincoln Way. Hours: 10 to 5. Admission is free.

San Jose. April 5, 12, 19, and 26. Saturday morning garden workshops by San Jose Parks and Recreation Department, Prusch Farm Park, and University of California Cooperative Extension. Place: Prusch Farm Park, 647 S. King Rd. Hours: 10 to noon. Free. For topics and preregistration, call (408) 926-5555.

Davis. April 6, 13, 20, and 27. Guided theme tours of UCD Arboretum offered each Sunday by Friends of the Davis Arboretum. Hours: 2 to about 3:30. Free. For themes and meeting places, call (916) 752-2498 weekdays between 9 and noon.

San Rafael. April 9. Flower show by the Peacock Gap Garden Club of Marin. Place: Marin Yacht Club, 24 Summit Ave. Hours: 11 to 4. Free.

San Jose. April 9 and 10. Flower show by Furyu Floral Designers and the San Jose Garden Club. Place: Oakridge Mall, Blossom Hill Rd. and Pearl Ave. Hours: noon to 9 Wednesday, 10 to 5 Thursday. Free.

Santa Cruz. April 10 through 13. Wildflower show by the Santa Cruz Chapter of the California Native Plant Society. Place: Santa Cruz City Museum, 1305 E. Cliff Dr. Hours: 10 to 5. Admission: $1.50, 75 cents under 12 and seniors.

Chico. April 12. Luncheon and tour of four gardens presented by the Episcopal Church Women of St. John the Evangelist Church, 2341 Floral Ave. Hours: 11 to 4. Fee: $6.50. For ticket information, call (916) 894-1971 or 895-1175.

San Francisco. April 12. Annual tuber sale by the Dahlia Society of California. Place: Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, Ninth Ave. and Lincoln Way. Hours: 10 A.M. until sold out.

San Francisco. April 12. Plant sale by the Strybing Arboretum Society. Place: Helen Crocker Russell Library courtyard in the arboretum, Golden Gate Park, Ninth Ave. and Lincoln Way. Hours: 10 to 1.

Santa Rosa. April 12. Flower show and plant sale by the Santa Rosa Garden Club. Place: Rincon Valley Grange, 5055 Rincon Ave. Hours: 1 to 5:30. Admission is free.

Fresno. April 12 and 13. Central Valley Garden and Landscape Faire cosponsored by UC Cooperative Extension, City of Fresno, and the Easter Seal Society of Central California. Place: Woodward Park, N. Highway 41 and E. Audubon Dr. Hours: 10 to 5. Admission: $3, 75 cents for ages 4 through 14.

Oakland. April 12 and 13. Spring Wildflower Show by the California Native Plant Society and the Natural Sciences Guild of the Oakland Museum. Place: Natural Sciences Gallery of the museum, 1000 Oak St. Hours: 10 to 5 Saturday, noon to 5 Sunday. Free.

San Francisco. April 12 and 26. Docentled theme walks offered by the Strybing Arboretum Society. April theme: rhododendrons. Place: the arboretum, Golden Gate Park, Ninth Ave. and Lincoln Way. Meet at the kiosk inside the main gate. Hours: 1 to about 2:30. Free.

Saratoga. April 13. Open house at Saso Herb Gardens, 14625 Fruitvale Ave. Hours: 10 to 4. Free. For information on spring classes and workshops, call (408) 867-0307.

Hanford. April 15. Flower show by Kings Iris Society and Hanford Garden Club. Place: Civic Auditorium, 400 N. Douty St. Hours: noon to 5. Admission: $1.

San Francisco. April 16 through 20. San Francisco Landscape Garden Show, at Pier 2, Fort Mason Center. For details, see page 94.

Pacific Grove. April 18, 19, and 20. The 25th annual wildflower show at the Museum of Natural History, Forest and Central avenues. Hours: 10 to 5. Free.

Berkeley. April 19. Annual sale of California native plants at Regional Parks Botanic Garden, Tilden Regional Park, intersection of Wildcat Canyon Rd. and S. Park Dr. Hours: 10 to 3.