Garden Events

Walks, Talks, Shows and Special Sales

* Today-Sunday: Fall Plant Festival with talks, sales and tours, noon-4:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Huntington Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. Adults, $8.50; seniors, $7; students $5; children, free. Call (626) 405-2141 for schedule of talks.

* Saturday: Horticulture Fair and Fall Plant Sale, 8 a.m.- 3:30 p.m., at Pierce College. Enter at 6201 Winnetka Ave., Woodland Hills. Free.

* Saturday: Class on creating a wildlife habitat in your garden, 11:30 a.m., at Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden, in Polliwog Park on Peck Avenue just north of Manhattan Beach Boulevard, Manhattan Beach, (310) 379-4447. $10.

* Saturday: Class on floral holiday gift ideas, 10 a.m., at Fullerton Arboretum, 1900 Associated Road, Fullerton, (714) 278-3404. $7.

* Sunday: Talk on gardens of Mt. Vernon, 2:30 p.m., at Huntington Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, (626) 405-2141. Adults, $8.50; seniors, $7; students $5; children, free.

* Tuesday: Workshop on home composting, 10-11:30 a.m., at Fullerton Arboretum, 1900 Associated Road, Fullerton, (714) 278-3404. Free to residents of Anaheim, Buena Park, Fullerton, La Habra And Orange; others, $7.