Home Front Home Front (May 27, 2005)

PLANT DIVERSITY . . . Toni Corelli, co-author of "The Rare and Endangered Plants of San Mateo and Santa Clara County," will deliver the eighth annual Brenda Butner Memorial Lecture, organized by the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the California Native Plant Society, tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Los Altos Library program room, 13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos. For information, contact Kevin Bryant at mtngreen17@verizon.net or (408) 353-8824.

FOR EICHLER ADDICTS . . . Architect and author Paul Adamson will offer a free lecture and presentation on his book, "Eichler: Modernism Rebuilds the American Dream" on Saturday, June 4, at 11 a.m. at the Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St., downstairs meeting room. For information, call (650) 330-2512 or e-mail rlroth@menlopark.org.

SMELLS, TASTES GOOD . . . Jody Main, who has managed organic gardens for schools, Flea Street Café, Rosalind Creasy and private residences, will teach a class on "Starting an Organic Herb Garden" tomorrow, from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Common Ground, 559 College Ave., Palo Alto. Cost is $19. For information, call (650) 493-6072 or visit www.commongroundinpaloalo.org.

PROBLEM TREES? . . . Arborist Michael Young and landscape designer Connie Lefkowits will discuss "Gardening Under Problem Trees" on Wednesday, June 1, 7 to 9 p.m. at the Gamble Garden Carriage House, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. Focus will be on beautifying an entire yard while enhancing tree health. Cost is $25 for non-members, $20 for members. For information, call (650) 329-1356 or e-mail admin@gamblegarden.org.

SENIOR SERVICE EXPANDS . . . Avenidas' Senior Home Repair Program is now available to renters and homeowners in Atherton, Portola Valley, Woodside and Los Altos Hills, in addition to Palo Alto, Stanford, Mountain View, Menlo Park and East Palo Alto. Anyone 50 years or older is eligible to use the service, which offers experienced handymen doing minor carpentry, plumbing, painting, gutter cleaning, maintaining furnaces, installing deadbolts, at below-market rates. SHRP handymen will also install grab bars, handrails and wheelchair ramps. For information, call (650) 326-5362 or visit www.avenidas.org.

EVERYTHING MATCHES . . . The Garden Conservancy will present a two-part garden history and design seminar on Fridays, June 3 and Sept. 30, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., at the Presidio, San Francisco, called "Gardens to Match Your Architecture." Part I focuses on Mission, Victorian and Bungalow styles, and Part II on California Modernism. Cost is $135 per seminar or $250 for both, with discounts to Garden Conservancy members or Pacific Horticulture subscribers. For information, call (415) 561-3990 or visit www.gardenconservancy.org.

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