UPCOMING

Roswell Dance Starz and “Santa’s Missing Mail.” 10-11 a.m. Saturday. $5 for ages 2 and up. Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell. The morning’s events will include dance and puppet show performances, refreshments, carolers and a special visitor from the North Pole. RoswellCAC.com.

Cookies With Mrs. Claus. 10-11:15 a.m. and noon-1:15 p.m. Saturday and Monday. $10 for children ages 4 and up. Barrington Hall, 535 Barrington Drive, Roswell. During each 75-minute workshop, children will write letters to Santa while Mrs. Claus will share stories. Then, with assistance from Mrs. Claus and her helpers, children will decorate cookies. Each workshop will end with a visit from a special postman to pick up the letters to Santa. Register: 770-640-3855.

Atlanta Wind Symphony. 3-4:30 p.m. Sunday. Free. Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell. Donations will be accepted of new, unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots. Immediate openings for French horn, percussion, saxophone for those who would like to audition and perform with the symphony. AtlantaWindSymphony.org.

$10K grant to update Smith-Gilbert Gardens

Smith-Gilbert Gardens has received a $10,000 grant from the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust to help renovate and replant its Rock Garden. The renovation will include increasing the number of plant species, testing new plants for suitability in this region, improving the plant record database and labeling and establishing a showcase area featuring sun-tolerant plants adapted to this region.

“Rock and crevice gardening is relatively new and unusual in the southeastern United States,” Gardens Executive Director Ann Parsons said in a written statement. “This project puts the spotlight on this unique gardening style. Our Rock Garden is already one of our most visited and photographed areas, and these upgrades will significantly improve it.”

Other benefits from this project will include establishing a garden area that will not be sprayed or treated with chemical pesticides to ensure the optimal health of wildlife, formulating a cohesive design to integrate a crevice garden into the rock garden and creating public educational workshops/ programs about plant installation.

The Trust supports education and research in ornamental horticulture, primarily in North and South America. These grants typically are made to botanical gardens, arboreta and universities. In 2015, the Trust awarded grants totaling $755,000 to 51 organizations.

Information: SmithGilbertGardens.com.

UPCOMING

Advent Worship Gathering. 6-8 p.m. Wednesday. Free. Children’s Worship Center, second floor, Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, 955 Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta. Join the modern worship team for Scripture, worship, teaching, Christmas carols, cookies and hot chocolate. 770-795-3224, lauren.dobson@jfbc.org, JohnsonFerry.org.

Wreaths Across America ceremony with the Civil Air Patrol. Noon Saturday. Free. Marietta National Cemetery, 500 Washington Ave., Marietta. Wreath-laying ceremony honors vets. 770-4799300, WreathsAcrossAmerica.org.

■Powder Springs Comedy Night. 7 p.m. Saturday. $10 advance, $20 at the door. Patricia C. Vaughn Cultural Arts Center, 4181 Atlanta St., Powder Springs behind the library. Rodney Johnson will host headliner comedian Spike Davis and special guest Jonathan Burns. Tickets at eventbrite.com. CityOfPowderSprings.org.