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GAGA OVER GERANIUMS? . . . Robin Parer, who owns Geraniaceae Nursery in Marin County, will talk about advances in hybridizing geraniums tomorrow from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Gamble Garden Center Carriage House, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. Fee is $20 for members, $25 for non-members. Parer will bring examples, including new blues -- ranging from palest sky blue to deep midnight purple -- and angel pelargoniums for sale. For information, call (650) 329-1356 weekdays between 9 a.m. and noon.

EAST IS EAST . . . Grace Murata will discuss East/West rose arrangements at the next meeting of the Peninsula Rose Society on Wednesday, April 14, 7:30 p.m. The group meets at the Veterans Memorial Center, 1455 Madison Ave., Redwood City. For information, call (650) 591-6988.

ANNUAL PLANT SALE . . . Foothill College's Horticulture Department will hold its annual plant sale tomorrow and April 17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills, Parking Lot 4. The sale will include tomatoes, peppers, vegetables, California natives, grasses and perennials. For information, call Janet Bennett at (650) 592-5038 or jbobcal@comcast.net.

OFF TO A GOOD START . . . Christof Bernau, garden manager at the UCSC Farm and Garden Program, will teach a class called "Start Your Organic Spring Vegetable Garden" tomorrow from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Common Ground, 559 College Ave., Palo Alto. Cost is $19. For information, call (650) 493-6072 or visit www.commongroundinpaloalto.org.

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