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Master gardeners invited to 20th anniversary gala

The Southern Area Master Gardener program's 20th anniversary event, a Garden Gala, will be held Saturday and all present and former University of Nevada Cooperative Extension master gardeners are invited to see how the program has grown. Master gardeners are encouraged to share their stories and see old friends.

The Garden Gala, to be held at the Lifelong Learning Center, is free and open to all community gardening enthusiasts. Tours and talks are scheduled throughout the day.

Tours and talks begin at 10 a.m. and are offered every half hour until 4 p.m. Additionally, there will be hands-on irrigation, mulch and composting demonstrations, an Ask a Master Gardener information booth and community project displays.

A native plant sale, being held in partnership with the Nevada Division of Forestry, is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The plants available to purchase are from seeds collected and grown by master gardeners.

Horticulture expert Linn Mills, who started the local program, will be honored, as will Mary Rider, a graduate of the first training class and a 20-year volunteer. The Lifelong Learning Center and Outdoor Education Center are at 8050 Paradise Road. For more information , contact Antoinette Edmunds, program coordinator, via email edmundsa@unce.unr.edu or by calling 257-5587.

Interior Design Society to mark first anniversary

The Las Vegas chapter of the Interior Design Society will celebrate its first anniversary during its second quarter meeting April 27.

The session will be from 10-11:30 a.m. in the C-176 seminar room at the Las Vegas Design Center.

Special guests at the session will be Jeri Crawford, president and chief executive officer of the Las Vegas Philharmonic, and Patricia Pieper Fink, marketing director. They will unveil the Las Vegas Philharmonic's new brand .

Additionally, Tyler Jones, president and chief executive officer of Blue Heron, will be there to discuss its selection as builder of the 2013 New American Home by the National Association of Homebuilders for the International Builders Show.

There is no cost to attend for members. Cost for nonmembers is $20.

For questions, call President Kimberly Joi McDonald at 533-5273.

Design students transform building materials into fashion

The first ARTchitecture event by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' student chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers/International Interior Design Association and the School of Architecture will be presented April 26 at Las Vegas Design Center.

The event features a collection of fashion, photography and art-centric designs created by interior design, landscape and architecture students at UNLV .

All of the showcased designs will be displayed on mannequins; they are inspired by Las Vegas architecture and constructed from design surface materials such as tile, wallpaper and textiles, which were donated by local vendors. The designs will be auctioned at the conclusion of the event, with all proceeds benefiting a scholarship fund for incoming Las Vegas high school students attending UNLV's School of Architecture. A silent auction featuring home furnishings pieces, restaurant packages and other items also will benefit the fund.

Each design will be on display through Monday at Las Vegas Design Center and Tivoli Village. A storyboard explaining the design inspiration is part of each display.

ARTchitecture is free and open to the public. It will be held from 6-8 p.m. in the atrium of Building A at the design center on the World Market Center campus, 495 S. Grand Central Parkway. For additional information and to RSVP, visit lvdesigncenter.com/events.