Datebook: Events, exhibits, classes for the week ahead

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March 17: Architects Zoe Coombes and David Boira of Commonwealth lecture on “Agnus Dei and the Dirt of Tomorrow” as part of the Southern California Institute of Architecture spring lecture series. 7 p.m. W.M. Keck Lecture Hall, SCI-Arc, 960 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles. (213) 613-2200; www.sciarc.edu.

March 18: The Los Angeles County Arboretum hosts a field trip to Cal Poly Pomona. Event includes a look at Weeks Roses’ new facility guided by rose breeder Tom Carruth and a short tour of the adjacent Agriscapes complex. 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Registration required: (626) 821-4623 or jill.berry@arboretum.org.

March 19: Four historic homes in Pasadena, including the Vista del Arroyo bungalows, will be open to the public during the San Marino League’s Art Walk XXVI, a tour of classic homes and art. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and March 20. $35. Will call location, 277 S. Grand Ave., Pasadena. (626) 578-8510.
March 20: Photographer Jonathan Singer and his collaborators W. John Kress, curator of botany at the Smithsonian Institution, and Marc Hachadourian, curator of Glasshouse Collections at the New York Botanical Garden, come to the Huntington Library for a lecture and book signing for “Botanica Magnifica: Portraits of the World’s Most Extraordinary Flowers and Plants.” 7:30 p.m. Free. No reservations required. 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. (626) 405-2100.

March 21: Ocean View Farms Community Garden opens its gates to the public for its 6th Annual Tomato-bration Heirloom Tomato Plant Sale and free seminar from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Barbara Spencer of Windrose Farm will share ‘Secrets of Growing Delicious Heirloom Tomatoes’ from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Plant sale follows. Location: on the east side of South Centinela Avenue at Rose Avenue, south of the Santa Monica Airport and north of Palms Boulevard. Inquire at educationchair@oceanviewfarms.net.

-- Lisa Boone

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