Still time to view holiday displays

Through Jan. 5

L.A. Zoo Lights includes animalthemed light displays, 3-D projections, disco-ball forest, “Twinkle Tunnel” and a pop-up storybook from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens at 5333 Zoo Drive in Griffith Park. Tickets $11 for members; nonmembers pay $15-$22 for adults 13 and older, $12-17 for children 2-12. lazoolights.org

Descanso Gardens’ Enchanted Forest of Light adds a “stainedglass” creation at Mulberry Pond in addition to the “Celestial Shadows” spinning polyhedrons and the “Lightwave Lake” light show. Member-only night Dec. 28. General admission starts at $30; members $5 less. Children 2 and younger, free. Tickets must be bought in advance. descansogardens.org Jungle Bells at the San Diego Zoo transforms the zoo with music, lights, animal-shaped light sculptures, animal experiences and holiday-themed entertainment. 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. 2920 Zoo Drive in San Diego. Free with admission to the zoo, $48 for ages 3 to 11, $58 for 12 and older. sandiegozoo.com

Jan. 8

The Claremont Garden Club offers Greywater 101, a talk by Greywater Action instructor Ty Teissere, who will explain systems that use water from sinks, showers and washing machines for outdoor watering. Refreshments at 6:30 p.m., talk at 7 p.m. at the Napier Building, 660 Avery Road in Claremont. claremontgardenclub.org

Beginning Jan. 11

The L.A. Arboretum sponsors a landscape design course for people who want to use regenerative practices to redo their yards. It’s every other Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the arboretum, taught by landscape architect and arborist Shawn Maestretti. Preregistration is required; call (626) 821-4623. The cost is $250 for arboretum members or $300 for nonmembers. Couples pay $310 for members, $360 for nonmembers. arboretum.org

Jan. 11-12

Cool Camellia Celebration at Descanso Gardens involves walks, crafts, demonstrations and the annual show of the Pacific Camellia Society, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Southern California Camellia Society offers tours of the gardens’ camellias at 2 p.m. each day at 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge. Admission is $9, $6 seniors/students with ID and $4 children 4-12. descansogardens.org

Jan. 14

“Fire-Safe Native Landscaping” is the topic of a talk by Cassy Aoyagi, landscape designer and board member of the L.A. chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, at the January meeting of the California Native Plant Society, Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mountains. Aoyagi will discuss ways native-plant landscaping can protect property from wildfires, flooding and mudslides. 7:30 p.m. at the Sepulveda Garden Center, 16633 Magnolia Blvd., Encino. lacnps.org

— JEANETTE MARANTOS

Email details about garden tours, classes or other events, at least three weeks in advance, to jeanette.marantos@latimes.com.