The La Jolla Garden Club will hold its annual Gardeners’ Market at 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 11, 2013 on the patio outside Chase Bank, at 7777 Girard Ave. in La Jolla Village. Each year, the garden club hosts the market the day before Mother’s Day Sunday. The potted plants, topiaries, succulent arrangements, baked goods and gift items with a garden theme are tied up with bows, ready to give to mothers the following morning.
The famed Secret Garden Tour, the primary fundraiser for the La Jolla Historical Society, is back for its 15th year from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 18. While the tour will still showcase six different gardens, there are some new and improved features this year. For the first time, Wisteria Cottage, 780 Prospect St., will be the site of a Garden Boutique.
The next meeting of the Palomar Orchid Society, 6:30 p.m. May 1 at the Carlsbad Woman’s Club, 3320 Monroe St., will feature guest speaker, Miki Batchman of Casa de las Orquideas, a family-owned Solana Beach nursery specializing in orchid hybrids. Batchman will discuss patterned and peloric cymbidiums. For more information, visit palomarorchid.org
La Jolla’s Best Bets for Events from April 26-May 5, 2013 include music and dance performances, photography and art exhibits, La Jolla Half Marathon, Cinco de Mayo party, La Jolla Symphonny concerts and historical walking tours of La Jolla Village.
When someone calls 911, if police arrive and determine that there are people in distress, Crisis Interventionists such as La Jolla’s Noreen Haygood are usually the next responders called to the scene.
Haygood is what you might call an emotional paramedic, comforting families immediately following traumatic situations. For her work as a Crisis Interventionist, Haywood was honored at a San Diego Police Department Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon on April 24.
Thursday, April 25
■ Rotary Club of La Jolla Sunrise meets, 6:55 a.m. The Shores Hotel, 8110 Camino Del Oro. $20. (619) 992-9449.
■ Pen to Paper writing group meets, noon, Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave. (858) 552-1657.
Students, staff and faculty at UC San Diego celebrated environmental sustainability and the drive to create a healthy planet for future generations during the campus’s annual Earth Week celebrations, April 17-24. The theme was “Making Zero a Reality,” illustrating UCSD’s efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and have zero impact on the environment. Events included a campus cleanup, green fashion show, trash sort and “green” car show.
Takeda California, a drug discovery research company located in La Jolla, traded their lab coats for bicycles for the company’s annual “Tour de Takeda” bike ride and walk to raise funds for the American Diabetes Association on April 12.
In an effort to prevent prescription drug abuse, the San Diego Police Department is holding a Prescription Drug Take Back day, at which those with prescription drugs can dispose of them with no questions asked.
The San Diego Woman’s Club will host a Bingo Party fundraiser to benefit the Just in Time For Foster Youth organization (jitfosteryouth.org) from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at the club, 2557 Third Ave., San Diego.
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