Home and garden

San Jose Mercury News - Green Expo. Ed Begley Jr., green movement leader, actor and author, will be the keynote speaker at Generation Green Expo at 1 p.m. June 26 at the San Jose Convention Center. This weekend's event puts a green focus on home improvement, transportation, fashion, careers and gardening/farming and ecologically savvy business practices with speakers, seminars, vendors and exhibits. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. June 26-27. Check Mercury News pages for $5 coupon off $10 admission. Convention Center, 150 W. San Carlos St., San Jose. www.Home1st.org/ GenerationGreenExpo.

Tour of train gardens. Visit 13 model railroads running through gardens in Morgan Hill, Gilroy, Hollister and Salinas during the 16th annual Garden Layout Tour. This event, sponsored by the South County Garden Railroaders of the Bay Area Garden Railway Society, will be a benefit for the St. Joseph's Family Center and Community Pantry of San Benito County. Bring nonperishable food or a cash donation and pick up a tour guidebook at the All Aboard Junction train store, 8355 Monterey St., Gilroy. (For other tour starting points, check www.bagrs.org/fooddrive.) 9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 26. 408-846-8841, 408-848-1440.