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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Melanie Munk, Features Editor munk@heraldnet.com   Published: Thursday, April 10, 2008 Home & Garden planner This week Tours and events Christianson's Nursery and Greenhouse: 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; register at 360-466-3821, www.christiansonsnursery.com. Herbal walkabout, 9 to 10 a.m. April 12, garden and greenhouse walk, reservations required, $10. "Art at the Schoolhouse," 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through April 27, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. April 18 and 25; display of various artists' works in watercolor, acrylics, glass, jewlery, metalwork; artists available for comment. Green consumer festival: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 12 and 13, Washington State Convention & Trade Center, 800 Convention Place, Seattle. Topics include renewable energy, eco-fashions, eco-tourism, green building, green careers and more. Enjoy live music, fair trade food cafe, an organic beer garden; $15 covers both days, $10 students ages 12 and older, seniors, union members with ID, and guests who ride bicycles to the festival; 800-584-7336, www.greenfestivals.org. Historic Seattle: 1117 Minor Ave., Seattle; registration required; 206-622-6952, www.historicseattle.org. Midcentury residence tour, 10 to 11:30 a.m. April 12, 2910 First Ave. S., Seattle; $10, $8 members, $5 students. Victoria Clipper tulip trips: 8:15 and 9:15 a.m. departures, 6 or 6:30 p.m. return trips, Fridays through Sundays, April 11 through 20, $37 to $41 with seven days' notice, $44 to $47 less than seven days' notice; $25 ages 11 and under; 206-448-5000, 800-888-2535, www.clippervacations.com. Classes Arlington Garden Club: Meets second Saturdays, Boys and Girls Club, 18513 59th Ave. NE, Arlington; $2 donation requested; 360-435-8301, e-mail info@arlingtongardenclub.org, www.arlingtongardenclub.org. Green Thumb workshop, 10 to 11 a.m. April 12, during Arbor Day events at Jensen Park, 7801 Jensen Park Lane, Arlington. Presenter Bea Randall discusses coexisting with backyard pests, growing better apples and stories of Stillaguamish Valley trees; free to attend. Second Saturday meeting, noon to 2 p.m. April 14, Arlington Boys and Girls Club community room; open-question session for gardeners with guest Bea Randall. Edmonds Community College: 20000 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood; 425-640-1739, schedule.edcc.edu, getstarted.edcc.edu. Shade gardening, 6 to 8:50 p.m. Mondays through May 19, $148.60 plus admission fees; two credits. Introduction to garden writing, 9 to 11:50 a.m. Wednesdays through June 18, $222.90 plus admission fees, three credits. Evergreen Arboretum and Gardens: Free hands-on class on pruning perennial grasses from 10 a.m. to noon April 12. Bring gloves, hand pruners and a sack lunch. The arborteum is at Legion Memorial Park in Everett. Call 425-257-8597 with questions or see www.evergreenarboretum.com. McDaniel's Do It Center: 510 Second St., Snohomish; 360-568-1544. McDaniel's Do It Center offers free classes in decorative wall finish techniques at 10 a.m. every Saturday. April classes features Venetian plaster. Molbak's: 13625 NE 175th St., Woodinville; 425-483-5000, www.molbaks.com. Classes are free unless otherwise noted. Don Marshall on favorite plants and landscaping ideas, 11 a.m. April 12. Brad Swank on soil techniques and sustainable gardening, 1 to 2 p.m. April 13. Sunnyside Nursery: Free classes offered. Reservations required. 3915 Sunnyside Blvd., Marysville; 425-334-2002. Container gardening with Sandy Milam, 2 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday, April 12 and 13, choose one session, $30. Swansons Nursery: Seminars and classes offered. Registration suggested. 9701 15th Ave. NW, Seattle; 206-782-2543, ext. 235, www.swansonsnursery.com. Northwest native plants for sun and shade with Peggy Campbell, 10 to 11:30 a.m. April 12. Garden author Linda Chalker-Scott speaks: 4 p.m. April 13; free; native plants and sustainable landscaping, organic vs. synthetic, weed control, compost teas. Ikebana with Megumi Schacher, 9:15 a.m. Fridays, ongoing, registration required before first class, 425-744-9751; $25 per session. Wight's Home & Garden: 5026 196th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-775-3636. All classes are free. Planters with Punch demonstrations, noon to 3 p.m. Saturdays through May. Plant sales Washington Park Arboretum: 2300 Arboretum Drive E., Seattle; 206-325-4510, www.arboretumfoundation.org. Early bloomers sale: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 12; features perennials, shrubs, small trees, bonsai starts and more. Also, Pat Calvert Greenhouse is selling Arboretum collection plants 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays through April. Coming up Tours and events Christianson's Nursery and Greenhouse: 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; register at 360-466-3821, www.christiansonsnursery.com. Art on the green, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 18 through 20, display garden of Stanwood-Camano Arts Guild members' works; free to view. Ebey Waterfront Park: 1404 First St., Marysville; 360-363-8283, www.ci.marysville.wa.us. Earth Day Adventure, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 19, free; water-themed exhibits and hands-on activities for all ages include bird-watching, wastewater treatment plant tours, discussions of rainwater, native plants, keeping forests and Puget Sound healthy. Everett Home and Garden Show: Noon to 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 18 through 20, Comcast Arena at Everett Events Center, 2000 Hewitt Ave., Everett; $7, $6.50 seniors, free ages 16 and under; 425-322-2600, www.comcastarenaeverett.com. Plant Amnesty: Warren G. Magnuson Park, the Brig (Building 406), 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle; 206-783-9813, 206-783-9093, www.plantamnesty.org. Champagne brunch and garden tour, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 27, Phoebe Andrew's estate, The Highlands, Seattle; $75, limited to 18 spaces, registration and formal dress required, confirmation notices will be sent the week of April 21; 206-783-9813, www.plantamnesty.org. University Book Store: 15311 Main St., Mill Creek; 206-634-3400, www.ubookstore.com. 7 p.m. April 23, author Barbara Damrosch discusses plants, soils, tools, techniques; free. Plant sales Seattle Dahlia Society's tuber sale: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 19 and 20, Country Village, 23718 Bothell-Everett Highway, Bothell; 206-637-5647, 206-546-1522. Garden party and Skagit Valley Dahlia Society tuber sale: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 19 and 20, Skagit Valley Gardens, 18923 Johnson Road, Mount Vernon; party features children's activities, live music, demonstrations, door prizes; plant sale runs simultaneously. Snohomish Garden Club plant sale: 9 a.m. to noon (or until supplies run out) April 19, The Farm, 7301 Rivershore Road, Snohomish; features perennials, annuals, small trees and shrubs; 425-334-3881. Sno-King Fuchsia Society's annual plant sale: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 19 and 20, Country Village, 23718 Bothell-Everett Highway, Bothell; 425-483-2250. Classes Molbak's: 13625 NE 175th St., Woodinville; 425-483-5000, www.molbaks.com. Garden author Linda Chalker-Scott speaks: 1 p.m. April 20, free to attend; topics will include native plants and sustainable landscaping, organic versus synthetic, weed control, compost teas. Northwest Perennial Alliance: Bellevue Botanical Garden visitors' center, 12001 Main St., Bellevue; 425-647-6004, www.northwestperennialalliance.org. Fall perennial care, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. first Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. second and fourth Sundays, ongoing; free. The Salvage Studio: Classes start at 10 a.m. Saturdays. Registration with payment is required. 650 Edmonds Way, Edmonds; 425-330-5425, e-mail gardngal@usa.net, www.thesalvagestudio.com. Garden journals, April 19, $32. Sunnyside Nursery: Free classes offered. Registration suggested. 3915 Sunnyside Blvd., Marysville; 425-334-2002. Hanging baskets with Sandy Milam, 10:30 a.m. April 26, $30. Swansons Nursery: Seminars and classes offered. Registration suggested. 9701 15th Ave. NW, Seattle; 206-782-2543, ext. 235, www.swansonsnursery.com. Urban herbs and vigorous veggies, 10 a.m. April 19, free. Wild plants of Seattle, 4 p.m. April 20, free.

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