Burden Center Garden Festival … All-American Burger Bash at Whole Foods

No ‘Burden’ to attend: Get an idea of just how well your garden can grow—and how delicious it can taste—at the annual Burden Center Garden Festival June 30. Garden tours, displays from master gardeners at the Herb Society and the Burden Horticultural Society and more will give you a feast for the eyes. The Louisiana Culinary Institute will give you a proper feast as well with samples of dishes prepared from vegetables produced at the Burden Center. Live music, a food truck roundup, ice cream from the LSU AgCenter Dairy Store and much more will also be going on all morning. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday at the LSU AgCenter’s Burden Center. Admission is $5 per person. Call 763-3990 for more information.

Go forth for the Fourth: Gear up to celebrate the Fourth of July with Burger Bash at Whole Foods in Baton Rouge. They’re firing up the grill outside and inside, and offering samples of all the Fourth of July essentials to help your all-American celebration go off without a hitch. There will also be patriotic trivia, where you’ll have a chance to win an all-American apple pie. Click here for more information.