Home Front Home Front (March 04, 2005)

DESIGN YOUR OWN . . . Patricia Evans, owner of Natural Landscape Designs, and Carolyn Whealan-Andersson, former director of horticulture at Gamble Garden, will offer the basic steps to "Designing Your Garden" tomorrow, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Gamble Garden Carriage House, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. The pair will offer design tips and a list of indestructible, low-maintenance plants. Bring a sketch of your garden. Fee is $25 for non-members, $20 for members. Call (650) 329-1356 or e-mail admin@gamblegarden.org.

SIMPLE SOLUTIONS . . .An introduction to home floral arranging called "Simple Solutions for Beautiful Flower Arrangements -- Swing into Spring," will be offered tomorrow, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Filoli, 86 Canada Road, Woodside. Class uses spring flowers, with demonstrations on using color contrasts, and offers care tips. Participants take home a completed arrangement. Cost, which includes materials, is $50 for non-members, $45 for members. For information, call (650) 364-8300, ex. 508.

EVERYTHING'S ROSY . . .Susan Chan McCarthy will demonstrate rose arrangements at the next meeting of the Peninsula Rose Society, Wednesday, March 9, 7:30 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Building, 1455 Madison Ave., Redwood City. For information, call (650) 591-6988.

BERRIES AND MORE . . . Master Garden coordinator Nancy Garrison will talk about growing "Blueberries and Raspberries" tomorrow from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Common Ground, 559 College Ave., Palo Alto. Fee is $ 21. For information, call (650) 493-6072 or visit www.commongroundinpaloalto.org.

PAINLESS GARDENING? . . . Deborah Dutton and Paulette Dolin will teach a class tomorrow, 1 to 4 p.m. on "Effortless Gardening," based on the Feldenkrais Method, to help ease joint pain associated with gardening. Class will include tips on how to weed, lift and use a wheelbarrow, dig, shovel and prune. The class is held at The Center, 435 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Cost is $45. Call (650) 327-9419 or e-mail:pdolin1@earthlink.net.

TRACE THE ROOTS . . . Green Gables in Woodside and Hearst Castle in San Simeon are the center of a two-day landscape history seminarthis weekend at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. Landscape experts will trace the roots of California gardens in "Hadrian's Villa and the California Garden," presented by the Garden Conservancy. Fee is $195 general admission, $175 for Garden Conservancy members or $185 for Pacific Horticulture subscribers, Cantors Arts Center members or Friends of Hearst Castle. For details, visit www.gardenconservancy.org or call (415) 561-3990.

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