Events: Benefit for a Florida Garden
A Benefit Lecture
Horticultural Society of New York, 128 West 58th Street; (212) 757-0915.
David Murbach, the manager of the gardens at Rockefeller Center, will give an illustrated lecture about the Fairchild Tropical Garden in Miami on Jan. 21 at 6:30 P.M. Proceeds will benefit the garden, which was damaged by Hurricane Andrew last year. Tickets are $30; reservations are required.  May Flowers
Planting Fields Arboretum, Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay, L.I.; (516) 922-9200 or on weekends, (516) 922-9201.
The American Rhododendron Society will sponsor a talk, "Gardens of England in May," by Dr. David Barnett, the arboretum's assistant director, at a meeting on Sunday at 2 P.M. Admission to the arboretum is $3 a car.  Garden Talks
Clark Botanic Garden, 193 I. U. Willets Road near Glen Cove Road, Albertson, L.I.; (516) 484-8600.
Garden programs in January include a tree identification class, which will take place on Saturday from 10 A.M. to noon at Caumsett State Park on West Neck Road in Lloyd Harbor, L.I. Participants should meet at the park; the class is free, but parking is $4.
Lectures offered at the botanic garden include landscaping with evergreens (Wednesday at 7 P.M.) and house plants (Jan. 22). Fees range from $6 to $8; reservations are required for all lectures.
A series of Sunday lectures will begin Jan. 24 with a talk on tree selection, planting and care. Future topics are herbs (Jan. 31), Fonthill Abbey in England (Feb. 7), pest control (Feb. 14) and the flora of Puerto Rico (Feb. 21). All programs will begin at 1:30 P.M. Tickets for each talk are $5.