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FLORAL DESIGN CLASS … If you’ve always wanted to learn how to arrange flowers, Gamble Garden in Palo Alto is offering a class on floral design on Friday, March 23, from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Learn how to purchase, condition and arrange seasonal blooms through demonstrations and hands-on learning. You will leave class with an arrangement along with your new flower-arranging skills. Instructor Katherine Glazier is a flower arranger for Gamble Garden and she co-leads the floral-design program at the Filoli estate. In her designs, she prefers to use seasonally and domestically grown material with an emphasis on the beauty of California-grown flowers. The cost is $99 for members and $129 for nonmembers. To register, go to gamblegarden.org.
ALL ABOUT TOMATOES … Master gardener Laura Monczynski will teach novice gardeners how to grow and care for tomatoes in containers, raised beds or in the ground; the types and varieties that do well in our climate; and how to start from seed or transplant during a free talk hosted by the UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County from 7 – 8:30 p.m. on March 28 at the Los Altos Library, 13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos.
MAKE A CUTTING BOARD … The Palo Alto Adult School is offering a new class, “Woodworking 2: the Coolest Cutting Board Ever.” Over the course of two Saturday morning sessions, students will build a 12-by-18-inch cutting board with a curved laminated inlay. Students will make extensive use of a handheld router to cut wood following a curved template. The class will be held Saturdays April 28 and May 5 from 9 a.m. to noon at the woodshop at Palo Alto High School, 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto. You must have taken or be enrolled in Woodworking 1 to enroll. To register, go to paadultschool.org.
