Published: Thursday, December 3, 2009
South Whidbey lodgings open for tour; rent a Christmas tree
Take a tour: If you missed the Coupeville bed-and-breakfast tour earlier this month on Whidbey Island, never fear.
South Whidbey is having a similar event, its 16th annual South Whidbey Lodging Tour & Tastes from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, featuring 10 B&Bs, inns and hotels in the area.
Tickets cost $20 and include a commemorative recipe book and map to the tour destinations. Tastes are provided by local chefs, restaurants and innkeepers.
Pick up tickets at the Langley Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center, 208 Anthes Ave., Langley, or call 360-221-6765. See www.visitlangley.com to learn more about the chamber.
Rent a tree: The Adopt-A-Stream Foundation of Everett is offering live potted Christmas trees for rent for $20, plus a $10 refundable deposit.
Pick-up times will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 14 to 18 and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 19 at the Northwest Stream Center at McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett. Return times will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 4 to 8.
Options include 5- to 6-foot cedars, 3- to 4-foot shore pines and Douglas firs and 2- to 3-foot Sitka spruce trees. Trees can easily survive indoors for seven to 10 days if watered correctly.
Rental fees will entitle participants to a membership with Adopt-A-Stream Foundation, which will plant all returned trees on the banks of a local creek.
Call 425-316-8592 with questions or see www.streamkeeper.org.
Woodworking award: Paul Franklin, a custom furniture maker and woodworker in Mill Creek, has been honored for his craft as part of the National Kitchen & Bath Association’s The Best of the Best Kitchens and Baths Puget Sound 2008 Design Awards.
His company, Just Inside the Door Custom Woodcrafts, fashioned dark-stained cherry cabinets for a second-place award-winning kitchen by Andrea Srinivas Design of Seattle.
See a photo gallery of the Yarrow Point property at andreasrinivasdesign.com.
Go to www.justinsidethedoor.com or call 425-609-8646 to learn more about Franklin, who was featured in 2007 in Home & Garden.
Gardener gifts: If you’re struggling to come up with a cool holiday gift for your favorite gardener, you might consider early-bird tickets to the 2010 Northwest Flower & Garden Show.
This year’s show — Feb. 3 to 7 — will feature 25 display gardens, internationally known speakers, more than 350 exhibitors and activities for kids at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle.
Admission at the door is $20. Early bird tickets, sold through Feb. 2, are $16.
Go to www.gardenshow.com to buy tickets or to find a complete listing of more than 75 nurseries selling advance tickets or call 253-756-2121 with questions.
Parlor party: The Snohomish Historical Society’s annual parlor tour, from noon to 4 p.m. Dec. 13 in Snohomish, will feature eight homes. Tickets, $15, $12 for seniors and society members, will be available at the Waltz Building, 116 Ave. B on the day of the tour. Harp music will be played from 2 to 3 p.m. next door at the Blackman House Museum.
Members of Somewhere in Time Unlimited, a social historical costuming group, will be touring the homes and showing off their elaborate period dresses and suits.
See www.blackmanhouse.org/events or call the society’s message line at 360-568-5235.
Sarah Jackson: 425-339-3037, sjackson@heraldnet.com.
South Whidbey is having a similar event, its 16th annual South Whidbey Lodging Tour & Tastes from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, featuring 10 B&Bs, inns and hotels in the area.
Tickets cost $20 and include a commemorative recipe book and map to the tour destinations. Tastes are provided by local chefs, restaurants and innkeepers.
Pick up tickets at the Langley Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center, 208 Anthes Ave., Langley, or call 360-221-6765. See www.visitlangley.com to learn more about the chamber.
Rent a tree: The Adopt-A-Stream Foundation of Everett is offering live potted Christmas trees for rent for $20, plus a $10 refundable deposit.
Pick-up times will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 14 to 18 and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 19 at the Northwest Stream Center at McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett. Return times will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 4 to 8.
Options include 5- to 6-foot cedars, 3- to 4-foot shore pines and Douglas firs and 2- to 3-foot Sitka spruce trees. Trees can easily survive indoors for seven to 10 days if watered correctly.
Rental fees will entitle participants to a membership with Adopt-A-Stream Foundation, which will plant all returned trees on the banks of a local creek.
Call 425-316-8592 with questions or see www.streamkeeper.org.
Woodworking award: Paul Franklin, a custom furniture maker and woodworker in Mill Creek, has been honored for his craft as part of the National Kitchen & Bath Association’s The Best of the Best Kitchens and Baths Puget Sound 2008 Design Awards.
His company, Just Inside the Door Custom Woodcrafts, fashioned dark-stained cherry cabinets for a second-place award-winning kitchen by Andrea Srinivas Design of Seattle.
See a photo gallery of the Yarrow Point property at andreasrinivasdesign.com.
Go to www.justinsidethedoor.com or call 425-609-8646 to learn more about Franklin, who was featured in 2007 in Home & Garden.
Gardener gifts: If you’re struggling to come up with a cool holiday gift for your favorite gardener, you might consider early-bird tickets to the 2010 Northwest Flower & Garden Show.
This year’s show — Feb. 3 to 7 — will feature 25 display gardens, internationally known speakers, more than 350 exhibitors and activities for kids at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle.
Admission at the door is $20. Early bird tickets, sold through Feb. 2, are $16.
Go to www.gardenshow.com to buy tickets or to find a complete listing of more than 75 nurseries selling advance tickets or call 253-756-2121 with questions.
Parlor party: The Snohomish Historical Society’s annual parlor tour, from noon to 4 p.m. Dec. 13 in Snohomish, will feature eight homes. Tickets, $15, $12 for seniors and society members, will be available at the Waltz Building, 116 Ave. B on the day of the tour. Harp music will be played from 2 to 3 p.m. next door at the Blackman House Museum.
Members of Somewhere in Time Unlimited, a social historical costuming group, will be touring the homes and showing off their elaborate period dresses and suits.
See www.blackmanhouse.org/events or call the society’s message line at 360-568-5235.
Sarah Jackson: 425-339-3037, sjackson@heraldnet.com.
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