Datebook: Events, classes, exhibits for the week ahead

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We’ve listed select home and garden events below. Suggest your own via reader comments. Submissions must be fewer than 75 words and must be for one-time events with legitimate value to other readers. No store promotions and no frivolous links, please. L.A. at Home staff will determine which submissions will be made public, but we won’t edit the comments. Thursday: Descanso Gardens’ summer concert series “The Evolution of American Jazz” continues under the trees. 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursdays through July. Blankets and picnics (normally not allowed) are encouraged. Included in regular garden admission of $3 to $8. 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge. (818) 949-4200.

Thursday: The San Gabriel Valley Orchid Hobbyists host guest speaker Doug Overstreet who will lead a discussion on how to maximize growing during the summer. 7:15 p.m. Los Angeles County Aboretum and Botanic Garden, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia. Free. (626) 335-6641.

Friday: Docents lead an evening walk through Descanso Gardens at 7 p.m. Participants must be 12 or older. Wear sensible shoes and bring flashlight and jacket. Reservations required. $10 to $15. 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge. (818) 949-7980.

Saturday: Casey Schwartz and Kit Wertz of Flower Duet lead a class in creating a large tropical flower arrangement inspired by the Huntington Botanical Garden’s jungle landscape. 10 a.m. to noon. $80 to $90. 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. Registration: (626) 405-2128.

Saturday: A class on pesticides and herbicides will focus on how to integrate plants that are used to eliminate the need for them. 10 to 11:30 a.m. $10 to $15. Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge. (818) 949-4200.

Saturday: Tree of Life Nursery offers “Replace Your Lawn” workshops every Saturday in July beginning at 9 a.m. Free. 33201 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano. (949) 728-0685.

Sunday: The Pasadena Museum of California Art’s fourth California Design Biennial, Action/Reaction will highlight works by designers who are responding to current economic, political, and environmental challenges. The exhibition will feature separate curator for each design category: industrial design, fashion, graphic, transportation and architecture. Through Nov. 1. 490 East Union Street, Pasadena. $5 to $7.

Sunday: JoAnn Carey leads a class on square-foot gardening where vegetables are planted in a grid instead of rows. 9 a.m. to noon. $22 to $25. Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia. (626) 821-3222.
Sunday: The new L.A. Flea Market will include 400 vendors, gourmet food trucks, live entertainment and rides for children. General admission with parking is $5 and allows admission from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; early-bird tickets is $10 and allows admission at 7 a.m. Market remains open until 5 p.m. VIP tickets, $25, will include early admission, valet parking and carryout service. Kids younger than 12 get in free.

ONGOING

Brown Bag Tuesdays: The Gamble House, the Arts and Crafts landmark designed by Charles and Henry Greene, continues a weekly lunch program. Visitors are invited to picnic on the rear lawn or terrace of the 1908 estate between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. each Tuesday. Twenty-minute docent-led tours will be given at 12:15 and 12:45 p.m. for $5, through Oct. 23. 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena; (626) 793-3334. Reservations: (626) 449-4178.

Butterfly pavilion: An interactive exhibition allows visitors to walk among native Southern California butterflies at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily through Aug. 1. Entry fee is $2 on top of regular garden admission of $4 to $8. 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont. (909) 625-8767.

L.A. Box Collective: A newly formed group of 12 Los Angeles-based furniture designers and makers committed to environmentally-conscious design and production show their latest works at a Chinatown gallery through Aug. 29. Free. Fifth Floor Gallery, 502 Chung King Court, Los Angeles. (213) 687-8443.

Rohlfs exhibition: The first major exhibition of furniture and decorative art by the American craftsman Charles Rohlfs (1853-1936) features more than 40 pieces from 10 museums and private collections. 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Mondays. Closed Tuesdays. Through Sept. 6. $6 to $20. Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. (626) 405-2100.

Modern design: “Technorganic: Evolutionary Art and Design,” an exhibition of artworks and mass-produced designs by Marcel Wanders, Karim Rashid, Ron Arad, Philippe Starck, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. Objct Gallery, 536 W. 1st St., Claremont. (909) 621-0125.

— Lisa Boone