Pasadena weekend: What to do May 16-18

Create a garden, cycle with the mayor, learn about permaculture.

Bike Week Pasadena, concludes with the Amgen Tour on Saturday. Preceding the tour, Mayor Bill Bogaard will lead a "bicycle ride and stroll" down Colorado Boulevard, which will be closed to motor vehicles. Cyclists, skateboarders, roller skaters are all welcome to participate. People who just want to jog or stroll, too.

Nature Tails. On Saturday morning, the Eaton Canyon Nature Center hosts its weekly Nature Tails story hour for children age 3-5. Expect stories, puppet shows and nature walks.

Walking tour. On Saturday, Pasadena Heritage is offering a docent-led walking tour along historic pathways and staircases in what is left of the Busch Gardens. Sights include the Old Mill, originally built as a girl's playhouse, and the Grecian Pergola, which was part of the original entrance to the gardens.

Gardening with others. UU Church's 7th Principle Group is creating a school garden at Woodrow Wilson Middle School. Most of the drip irrigation system has already been installed. Volunteers are welcome to help with further irrigation work, soil prep and planting on Saturday. Contact Will Gaskill at wgaskill@hotmail.com for details or just show up. Transition Pasadena's Throop Learning Garden meets on Sunday.

Permaculture classes. On Sunday, The Shed is offering two classes by Australian permaculturalist Steve Burns, the creator of Ballarat Permaculture Guild. The guild runs permaculture design courses and skill workshops in Australia. Burns will share his expertise in classes titled Power up your community group and Sustainable children's garden.

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Unless otherwise noted, all events take place in Pasadena. For specific times, locations and other details please see the calendar page of Pasastainable, CA or the event owner's webpage.

Pasadena weekend: What to do May 9-11

Bike Week Pasadena is the big thing this weekend.

Bike Week Pasadena, which runs May 11 thru 17, kicks off on Sunday with basic bicycle safety and maintenance presentations on Fair Oaks Ave. The City of Pasadena and Cyclists Inciting Change Thru Live Exchange (CICLE) have planned events for each day, including a cycling tour of Pasadena eateries on Monday, a Women on Bikes Night on Wednesday and Bike to Work Day on Thursday.

Nature Tails. On Saturday morning, the Eaton Canyon Nature Center hosts its weekly Nature Tails story hour for children age 3-5. Expect stories, puppet shows and nature walks.

Walking tour. Also on Saturday morning, Pasadena Heritage presents Busch Gardens Remembered, an illustrated lecture by researcher Michael Logan. A major tourist attraction from 1905 to 1938, the gardens at the former winter home of Anheiser-Busch co-founder Adolphus Busch on Orange Grove Boulevard included rare and exotic plants and trees as well as fanciful water elements. Many of these features survived but are now hidden on private property. In his presentation, Logan matches historic images to their same exact locations today.

In honor of World Fair Trade Day on Saturday, Fair Trade LA is hosting a boutique day at James Brown Coffee Roasters.

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Unless otherwise noted, all events take place in Pasadena. For specific times, addresses and other details please see the calendar page of Pasastainable, CA or the event owner's webpage.