Spring is definitely in the air this Sunday! There are several Southern California gardens in bloom as well as several native plant garden tours. All of this and more can be found on the Sunday “Gayle on the Go!”
Take a look at the report and then scroll down this page for more information I didn’t have time to tell you during the broadcast.
Enjoy! Please stay safe!
Gayle
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Bloom! at South Coast Botanic Garden
26300 Crenshaw Boulevard
Palos Verdes Peninsula
424 452 0920
southcoastbotanicgarden.org
Spring is in happening in Orange County at the South Coast Botanic Garden. This is an experience called BLOOM! Five floral displays featuring more than 21-thousand bulb of various flowers are putting on a vernal equinox show now thru June. Visitor information is on the southcoastbotanicgarden.org website.
The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch
5704 Paseo del Norte
Carlsbad
760 431 0352
theflowerfields.com
Mother Nature is putting on a Springtime show at the FLOWER FIELDS AT CARLSBAD RANCH. 55-acres of radiant rows of Ranunculus flowers are in bloom only until Mother’s Day weekend on the rolling hills of North San Diego County. theflowerfields.com website says all tickets must be purchased online. The website suggests checking the bloom status before visiting. The website also reminds guests pets, drones, balloons, and bicycles are not permitted.
Saturday, April 13th & Sunday, April 14th
2024 Native Plant Garden Tour
Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flower & Native Plants
nativeplantgardentour.org
Brandy Williams, the Garden Butterfly, is one of the participants in the 2024 NATIVE PLANT GARDEN TOUR produced by the Sun Valley based Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flower and Native Plants. Tickets are available now for the Saturday, April 13th and Sunday, Sunday, April 14th event. More details are on the nativeplantgardentour.org website.
Saturday, April 13th
Free!
9am to 1pm
Spring Open House
Santa Fe Dam RC Modelers
Club Flying Field
Duarte
sfdrcm.com
Mark your calendars for the Saturday, April 13th Spring Open House for the Santa Fe Dam RC Modelers Club Flying Field. Everyone is invited to witness flight demonstrations, experience hands-on trainer flights and more.
The sfdrcm.com website says the free Duarte event begins at 9am.
Belmont Shore Railroad Club
3601 South Gaffey Street, Building 824
San Pedro
This is described as the “largest N-Scale Model Railroad Club on the West Coast.” The Belmont Shore Model Railroad Club says we’re invited to explore this historic model railroad club. The belmontshorerr.com website has visitor details.
The Original Renaissance Pleasure Faire
15501 East Arrow Highway
Irwindale
626 969 4750
renfair.com
Step back in time and become a member of the Renaissance era. Shop at an English market of the 1580s. Wander through an Elizabethan, England waterfront town.
Enjoy jousting tournaments and roast meat. Where is all of this happening? In Irwindale at THE ORIGINAL RENAISSANCE PLEASURE FAIRE. The renfair.com website has the visitor details.
Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy
1601 East 6th Street
Los Angeles
lunaluna.com
The art community describes this as “the world’s first art amusement park.” It’s Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy, built in Hamburg, Germany in 1987 featuring celebrated artists Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, David Hockey, Roy Lichenstein and more. It lost its funding and disappeared. Well, it’s back and we can experience this amazing and unusual art and amusement park creation inside two huge Los Angeles warehouses.
Ticket information is on the lunaluna.com website. The website indicates this spectacular exhibition closes Sunday, May 12th.
Asian Comics: Evolution of An Art Form
Bowers Museum
2002 North Main Street
Santa Ana
714-567-3600
bowers.org
Never-before-seen at a museum and making its American debut, Asian Comics: Evolution of an Art Form at the Bowers Museum. The museum says this is the largest ever selection of original artworks from Asian comics, displayed alongside their printed, mass-produced forms.
This exhibition is a vivid journey through the art of comics and visual storytelling across Asia. From its historical roots to the most recent digital innovations, the exhibition looks to popular Japanese manga and beyond, highlighting key creators, characters, and publications.
The bowers.org website says we can explore thriving contemporary comics cultures and traditional graphic narrative artforms from places including: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam.
The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection
SoFi Stadium
1001 South Stadium Drive
Inglewood
424 541 9100
sofistadium.com
Los Angeles philanthropist and entrepreneur Bernard Kinsey is talking about THE KINSEY AFRICAN AMERICAN ART AND HISTORY COLLECTION, an outstanding exhibition at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.
The inspired work of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, and their son Khalil, is considered one of the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. Curated by Khalil Kinsey and historian Larry Earl, the exhibition focuses on the lives, and accomplishments from the 16th century through the years of slavery and emancipation to the civil rights movement and modern-day.
The sofistadium.com website contains ticket and tour information.
Free!
Sunday, April 7th @ 2pm
Messiah -Resurrection
Chancel Choir
Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles
Rolling Hills United Methodist Church
26438 Crenshaw Boulevard
Rolling Hills Estates
213 788 4260
icyola.org
The award-winning documentary “The Orchestra Chuck Built”, the story of former lawyer turned orchestra conductor Chuck Dickerson, who created the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, the largest majority African American orchestra in the United States.
See in person Conductor Chuck Dickerson, his Inner City Youth Orchestra and the Chancel Choir perform today George Handel’s classic Messiah at Rolling Hills United Methodist Church in Rolling Hills Estates. The icyola.org website says today’s 2pm event is free!
Leonardo Da Vinci: Inventor. Artist. Dreamer.
California Science Center
700 Exposition Park Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
323 724 3623
californiasciencecenter.org
If you are wondering what in the world is going on here, we have California Science Center’s Senior Vice President for Exhibits Diane Perlov demonstrating the paddleboat designed by Renaissance master, artist and inventor Leonard da Vinci. This is one of his many machines and devices produced from a lifetime of 16th century sketches and designs.
So, let’s make this a “ learn about the Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci “Sunday. Gayle Anderson, KTLA 5 News.