Home Front Home Front (March 11, 2005)

EXOTIC SUMMER BULBS . . . Merrill Jensen, director of horticulture, will show slides and review growing exotic "Summer Blooming Bulbs" tomorrow from 9 to 11 a.m. at Gamble Garden Carriage House, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. Cost is $35 for non-members, $30 for members, which includes $10 for materials (participants receive a bag of summer-blooming bulbs ready to plant). In addition, UC Extension's Master Gardeners will host a free herb workshop tomorrow, from 9 to 11 a.m., including a tour of the herb garden at Gamble Garden. The gardeners will talk about the best herbs to grow in containers and in small plots. Meet in the library. For information, call (650) 329-1356 or e-mail admin@gamblegarden.org.

MORE PRODUCTIVE GARDENS . . . Grow Biointensive's second-year apprentice Margaret Lloyd will teach a class on "Seed Propagation and Transplanting" tomorrow from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Common Ground, 559 College Ave., Palo Alto. Subjects range from soil mix to watering, and planting by the phases of the moon. Fee is $21. For information, call (650)

A REALLY BIG SHOW . . . Local garden aficionados will participate in this year's San Francisco Flower and Garden Show March 16-20 at the Cow Palace. Participants include Chris Schriner of Brookside Garden in Mountain View, who will create a garden inspired by the Arts and Crafts Movement; Woodside's Filoli Center; Foothill College's Department of Horticulture; the American Rhododendron Society, Menlo Park; Sunset Books, Menlo Park; and Santa Clara County, which will offer a home composting educational booth. Tickets are available online at www.gardenshow.com, or by calling (800) 829-9751. Proceeds to the Opening Night Gala, Tuesday, March 15, will benefit the San Francisco Parks Trust.

SCOTLAND REVISITED . . .Gordon Wylie will talk about gardens he visited in Oban, Scotland, in 1996 and 2001 at the March 16 meeting of the De Anza chapter of the American Rhododendron Society. The group meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave., Room 12, Los Altos. For information visit www.deanza-ars.com.

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