Home and Garden Briefs
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Events
VINTAGE WONDERLAND: Santa Claus is coming to town and to Architectural Relics in Escondido from 6-8 p.m. Dec. 16 as part of the "Grand Holiday Downtown" events sponsored by the Escondido Downtown Business Association. The store, at 158 E. Grand Ave., is decorated for the holidays, and is hosting free "Decor Challenge" consulting sessions. Call (760) 746-5969 or visit www.architecturalrelics.com. The schedule:
6-8 p.m. Saturday and Dec. 2, 9, 16: Serving Hot Mulled Cider and Roasted Chestnuts
2-6 p.m. Nov. 18: Bring Us a Photo of Your "Decor Challenge" and We'll Help Solve It
6-8 p.m. Dec. 16: Santa Claus Comes to Architectural Relics
ORCHID SALE: The San Diego County Cymbidium Society hosts "Meet the Breeders!" an orchid educational event and plant sale, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 30 at the Woman's Club, 3320 Monroe St., Carlsbad. Terry Root (The Orchid Zone, Castroville), Frank Smith (Krull-Smith Orchids, Apopka, Fla.); Fred Clarke (Sunset Valley Orchids, Vista); and Loren Batchman (Casa de las Orquideas, Solana Beach) will each give a 45-minute Power Point talk on his own plants and breeding program. Specimen plants, plants in flower, NBS, seedlings, and flasks will be available for sale. Cost is $7. E-mail to sdcymsoc@yahoo.com or reserve to Bruce Kidd at (951) 600-1393.
Meetings
Carlsbad African Violet Society: Meets 10 a.m. Nov. 27 at the Vista Public Library, 700 Eucalyptus St.
Vista. Culture Class: "Fertilizer: What Do the Numbers Mean?" by Audrey Hanthorn. Program is "The Pittman way of Growing African Violets." Bring your own lunch. Hot beverages and desserts provided. Business meeting at 12:30 p.m. Call (760) 433-4641.
MiraCosta Horticulture Club: Meets at noon Dec. 9 at the MiraCosta College student Center, 1 Barnard Drive, Oceanside, for annual Christmas lunch and Chinese auction of gifts. All are invited to join club members for a potluck lunch and garden gift exchange. Exhibition of spectacular new poinsettia hybrids that will be raffled. Special offering of items for holiday gift giving. Short business meeting on the coming year. Call (760) 729-8172 or (760) 721-3281, or visit www.gardencentral.org/californiagc/miracosta/.
Ramona Garden Club: Meets at noon Dec. 13 at the home of Sherry Wilson, 17156 Woodson View Lane, Ramona. Bring your favorite dish and a non-perishable food for a donation to a local charitable organization. Call (760) 787-1563 or (760) 789-8880 or visit RamonaGardenClub.com for directions.
San Diego Horticultural Society: Meets at 6 p.m. Jan. 8 in the Surfside Race Place at the Del Mar Fairgrounds on Jimmy Durante Blvd. in Del Mar. Dr. David Kellum will discuss "Bugs: the Good, the Bad and the Invasives." Come learn about the bad guys and how they get here, then meet some good guys: the beneficials who help police the world of insects. Plant Forum, opportunity drawing. Call (760) 295-7089 or visit www.sdhortsoc.org.
Classes
At Walter Andersen nurseries: These free classes are offered at 9:30 a.m. Saturdays at the Poway location, 12755 Danielson Court. Call (858) 513-4900 or visit www.walterandersen.com. Show up early and have coffee on us!
Saturday: Tillandsias and bromeliads with Ken Andersen
Dec. 2: Houseplant care and culture
Dec. 9: Pruning roses (first class)
Dec. 16: Caring for poinsettias, living Christmas trees and cut trees
Dec. 30: Fruit tree pruning
Jan. 6: Rose pruning and bare root roses
Jan. 13: Fruit tree pruning
Jan. 20: Rose pruning
Jan. 27: Fruit tree pruning
At Home Depot: These free how-to clinics are offered in November. Register at your local store. Call your local store for details or visit www.homedepotclinics.com:
7 p.m. Thursdays (except Nov. 23): Painting Touch-Ups and Techniques
10 a.m. Saturdays: Create a Home Theater
1 p.m. Sundays (except Sunday): Flooring Solutions
At Lowe's: These free how-to clinics are offered in November. Register at your local store or online at Lowes.com/Clinics. Contact your local store for details:
10 a.m. Saturday: Build and Grow Clinics for Kids: Napkin Holder
11 a.m. Saturdays: How to Install Ceramic Tile
Noon Saturdays: How to Paint with Crackle Finishes
1 p.m. Saturdays: How to Design for the Holidays, Indoor and Out
Send Home & Garden items to Features Editor Laura Groch, North County Times, 207 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Escondido, CA 92025, fax to (760) 745-3769, or e-mail to features@nctimes.com.
Hosting a holiday tour? Please let us know
Is your group hosting a home or garden tour as a holiday fundraiser in November or December? We'd like to know about it. Please send us the information to arrive by Nov. 20 so we can run a roundup of holiday home and garden tours in the Home and Garden section. E-mail info -- and a jpeg photo, if you have it, of no more than 300 dpi -- to features@nctimes.com, or mail info and photos to Home Section, North County Times, 207 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Escondido, CA 92025. Questions? Call (760) 739-6658.
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