Point Loma garden tour The San Diego Horticultural Society presents In Sight of the Sea – nine beautiful gardens in Point Loma and Sunset Cliffs. This year, the tour takes garden lovers to the Point Loma peninsula with views of the ocean and the bay from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 8.
The self-guided tour of nine beautiful gardens showcases all that San Diego horticulture has to offer. Some of the lush gardens will include beautiful, mature palm trees and tropical plants appropriate to the coastal setting. The tour starts with an artistic garden in Loma Portal and concludes with unique gardens in La Playa. Along the way, you’ll visit one of San Diego’s best palm gardens, a garden created decades ago by Sinjen (1998 Horticulturist of the Year honoree), some top designer gardens, plant collector gardens, and a fabulous potter’s garden. Selected vendors will be selling garden-related items. A special attraction this year, one of the garden owners will be selling his custom-made pottery. Many of the pots include succulent arrangements planted by his wife. Purchase tickets at sdhort.org. Garden tour map will be emailed to purchasers on April 6. All tickets must be purchased in advance. No day of tour ticket sales. Spring open house at Sunset Cliffs Natural Park
Visitors may come and see more than 40 native plants in bloom across three acres of Sunset Cliffs Natural Park from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 1. The event is held by the Sunset Cliffs Natural Park Committee and will convene at the south side of the Ladera Street parking lot. For more information, contact David Kimball at [email protected] or Rosamaria Acuña at 619-890-2828. OB photo contest The Ocean Beach Town Council has started a “Share Your OB” photo contest. To enter just tag your best photos of OB with #shareyourOB and post on Instagram or Facebook. Winner receives bragging rights and is entered in a monthly drawing for some cool swag. Each Saturday, a new winner will be announced. So get out there and #shareyourOB. Lenten Food Drive Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church is holding its annual Lenten Food Drive. Consider donating non-perishable food or personal hygiene items that supports the Mission Beyond Partners, Presbyterian Urban Ministries, Loaves and Fishes Food Ministry, OB Community Dinners and Military Outreach Ministries. The food drive runs through April 16. For more information, contact Kathy Zorn and Eddie Dees at 619-224-2177 or Zorn at [email protected].
You can drop off items at:
– Pt. Loma Community Presbyterian Church, 2128 Chatsworth Blvd. 619-223-1633;
– Stump’s Family Marketplace, 3770 Voltaire St. 619-226-9575;
– Jensen’s Foods, 955 Catalina Blvd. 619-550-2097;
– US Bank, 2150 Chatsworth Blvd. 619-226-5557. Wreath laying ceremony Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery to honor the 100-year anniversary of the United States entering WWI with a wreath laying commemoration ceremony 11 a.m. Thursday, April 6 at the Rostrum area. Keynote speaker will be Graham Wright, cemetery director. Parking is available at the front entrance on Cabrillo Drive. Friday Night Liberty
Experience all the Arts District has to offer by attending a free Friday Night Liberty art walk on April 7. Taking place on the first Friday of every month from 5 to 9 p.m., Friday Night Liberty is San Diego’s biggest free monthly art event. Meet working artists, enjoy dance, theatre and music performances, visit museums and galleries and explore the growing Arts District. Visitors can start their stroll at the Dick Laub NTC Command Center.
at 2640 Historic Decatur Road and pick up a monthly program and map. Summer concerts series seeks sponsors As the Point Loma Summer Concerts board gears up for another season of free, summer concerts at Point Loma Park, they are seeking new community sponsors. After losing a major sponsor this year, the board had an idea: Since the event is truly a neighborhood event, why not ask neighbors to sponsor the concerts? The neighborhood with the most donations will get reserved seating at their concert of choice – complete with signage.
Those interested in donating on behalf of their neighborhood can go to the Summer Concerts website at www.plconcerts.org, click on the donate button at the top of the page, enter a donation amount, and – this is critical – click “Write a note,” then enter their NextDoor neighborhood name.
The Summer Concerts are on Fridays, July 14 through Aug. 11 at 6:30 p.m. This year’s lineup (in concert order): The Mighty Untouchables, Detroit Underground, PettyBreakers, Cash’d Out, and Battle of the Bands: Beatles vs. Stones. For more information, go to www.plconcerts.org. Easter Sunrise Service
Easter is April 16 this year and the gates to Cabrillo National Monument will open at 6 a.m. with the non-denominational service beginning at 6:30 a.m. There is seating for approximately 700 attendees and the public is encouraged to arrive early. The Kiwanis Club of Point Loma will again present an ecumenical Easter Sunrise Service at the Cabrillo National Monument. The services will be held in the lower parking lot, giving those who attend a great early morning panoramic view of San Diego Harbor and the city behind it.
Club President, Matt Lemas points out that this year’s services will mark the 68th consecutive year that the Kiwanis Club of Point Loma has provided this community service for the people of San Diego. The speakers this year are Capt. Howard Warner, commanding officer, Naval Base Point Loma, Lonnie Folsom, Kiwanis Division 21, and Matt Lemas, president Point Loma Kiwanis Club. Battle of San Diego Bay House of Spain, Casa De Espan?a will host the Battle of San Diego Bay 214th anniversary celebration through the courtesy of the U.S. Naval Base Point Loma. This event commemorates the only Pacific Coast, ship-to-shore battle between an American ship, the Lelia Byrd, and Spain’s Fort Guijarros located on Naval Base Point Loma from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.Saturday, April 22 at Naval Base Point Loma, at the end of Rosecrans Street. The ceremony begins at noon with a flag raising ceremony, accompanied by Spain and U.S. national anthems. Following the ceremony there will be a Spanish dance performance by Don?a Juanita Franco, and her Classical Dance Academy Ole Flamenco. The fiesta will include a variety of historical, cultural and maritime displays; historical costumes; children’s craft activities, bounce house, and food and beverage services including paella (by Paella Valenciana Catering), tapas, desserts, beer, wine and sangria. Westminster spring production Westminster Presbyterian Church’s Vanguard Theatre Ministry has announced its spring production “Who Am I This Time?” (And Other Conundrums of Love), by Aaron Posner, which is an adaptation of three early comic masterpieces by Kurt Vonnegut. Take a walk through simple, mythical small-town America and catch a glimpse of humankind’s most elusive, complicated and basic sentiment. Real folks. Real love. Real fun.
Shows will be March 31 and April 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are available for purchase at www.facebook.com/vanguardtheate and www.vanguardsd.org. For group sales and other information, call the Box Office at 619-224-6263. Westminster Theatre is located at 3598 Talbot St. America’s Schooner Cup
The Maritime Museum of San Diego’s tall ship Californian, the official tall ship of California, will be participating in the 29th annual America’s Schooner Cup Charity Regatta on San Diego Bay Saturday, April 1. Tickets are limited and available to sail in the race on the Californian or as a spectator aboard the 1542 Spanish galleon San Salvador, a replica of the first European vessel to visit the Pacific West Coast. Tickets on the Californian or San Salvador for this special event are $65 for adults and $48 for children and include general admission. Tickets can be purchased online at www.sdmaritime.org or by calling 619-234-9153 ext. 106. Talmadge Art Show
The Talmadge Art Show artists have created works of contemporary craft and clothing just for this show 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 7 at Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road. Come early to shop at the show and meet the artists. For more information, visit talmadgeartshow.com. VanDover named sales manager Zephyr’s The Park, Bankers Hill, has added luxury high-rise real estate specialist, Micah VanDover, as its community sales manager. With more than 16 years of experience selling luxury condominiums and private residences in high-profile buildings and hotels, VanDover brings a wealth of knowledge to his new role.
“I’ve always worked with luxury buyers, and while they have unique preferences, the one commonality they all share is a love of five-star service,” he says. “I’ll provide that level of service to buyers and the brokers and agents who represent them.”
VanDover is married with two children and one on the way. In his free time, he enjoys surfing, building sand castles with his kids and doing mission work.