Get Out: Patch's Pick-and-Choose Weekend Planner

Still have no idea what to do this weekend? Don't panic. Mar Vista Patch is coming to the rescue. We’ve got the best bets for your done-work-outta-here time. Check out our picks:

Where/When: Foothill Road between Alden Drive and West 3rd Street, Beverly Hills, CA,  Sat. Oct. 1, 9 a.m.

Why Go: Yes, it IS in Beverly Hills, but certainly worth the drive, to make sure you dispose of all those things you've been dying to get rid of in an environmentally-conscious way. The County of Los Angeles, the Department of Public Works and the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, in cooperation with the cities of Beverly Hills, Culver City, Los Angeles and West Hollywood, have combined forces so you can dispose of your brake fluid, paint, paint thinner, cleaners with acid or lye, pesticides or herbicides, household batteries and car batteries, pool chemicals, motor oil, oil filters, expired pharmaceuticals, anti-freeze, and fluorescent light bulbs, computer monitors, televisions, computer CPUs, keyboards, printers and cellular phones.

Pricing: Free.

Where/When: 12579 Westminster Ave, Los Angeles, CA. Sat. Oct. 1, 9 - 11 a.m.

Why Go: Come learn from Christy Wilhelmi, aka The Gardenerd, aka Mar Vista's Bounty Hunter columnist. Spend an afternoon dreaming up your bountiful vegetable garden. Learn tricks for successful plant placement, healthy soil mixes, and discover the best places to get great seed.  You'll leave this class with a plan that you can implement immediately.      

Pricing: $40.

Where/When: 8777 Washington Blvd, Culver City. Sat. Oct. 1. 9 a.m.

Why Go: Check out the Blue Ribbon and BEST IN SHOW winning classic Apple Pie that just won the KCRW competition. Pies will be available for sale.

Pricing: Free entry.

Where/When:, 3826 Grand View Blvd, Los Angeles, CA. Sun. Oct. 2, 9 a.m.

Why Go: Come meet Andy Shrader at the Green Tent and learn why he wants to get the labeling of genetically modified foods on the ballot in 2012! 

Pricing: Free

Where/When:, 3826 Grand View Blvd, Los Angeles, CA. Sun. Oct. 2, 12 p.m.

Why Go: Drop off costume donations or costumes to swap for Halloween. Please consider donating costumes so that a local needy child or at-risk teen youth can celebrate Halloween this year in a costume. So far, five kids/teens will receive a costume… let’s increase that number!

Pricing: Free

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