Classes &Workshops
The heat is on: Wondering what to do about longer, hotter and drier summers? Carrie Brausieck, Snohomish Conservation District resource planner, will offer tips at 7 p.m. May 18, Camano Multipurpose Center, 141 NE Camano Drive. Whether you are trying to maintain pasture, crops, garden or lawn, there are ways to create soil that will require less water and maintain healthier plants in a changing climate. The Camano Wildlife Habitat Project, sponsored by Friends of Camano Island Parks, hosts public presentations the third Wednesday of the month; 360-387-2236; www.camano wildlifehabitat.org.
Let it rain: Rain barrel workshop, May 19 in Everett. The fee is $40 and includes a 55-gallon barrel and all the necessary parts. Space is limited and on a first-come, first-serve basis. Call 425-257-8992 or go to www.everettwa.gov/LetitRain.
Spring into spring: Noon to 1 p.m. May 21, Evergreen Arboretum &Gardens with Master Gardeners of Snohomish County. Learn how to amend your soil, what seeds are best for our area and how to successfully germinate them. Get ideas for creative ways to blend ornamentals and edibles in your landscape. Class at Jennings Park, 6915 Armar Road, Marysville. Meet at the front entrance of the master gardeners’ demonstration garden.
Very interesting: Jack Nisbet, Spokane author and naturalist, will talk about “Some Exceedingly Interesting Things: The Many Gardens of David Douglas,” 11 a.m. May 21, with optional tour of adjacent native plant garden at 10 a.m., WSU NW Research Center, 16550 Highway 536, Mount Vernon. Sponsored by the Salal Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society. Free.
Garden variety
“Viva Color!” Add a little joy to downtown Everett containers and beds. Join parks staff in planting hundreds of colorful flowers from 8:30-10 a.m. May 13. Gloves and trowels are provided. Meet at the corner of Hewitt and Colby avenues.
Rain Garden Tour: 10 to 11:30 a.m. May 14, Washington Oakes, 1717 Rockefeller Ave., Everett; 425-257-8992; everett.eventbrite.com.
Urban forest: Volunteer to help restore Everett’s urban forest. No experience is necessary and all tools are provided. All ages welcome. To RSVP, contact greeneverett@forterra.org or call 425-238-0065.
9 a.m.-noon May 14, Rotary Park
9 a.m.-noon May 21, Thornton A. Sullivan Park
Noon-3 p.m. May 28, Howarth Park
Potting Day: May 21. Arlington Garden Club is teaming up with Sunnyside Nursery, 3915 Sunnyside Blvd., Marysville. Garden club members will fill the containers with donated potting soil and plant the containers.
Events
Sorticulture: Everett’s Garden Arts Festival is June 10-12, Legion Memorial Park, 145 Alverson Blvd., Everett. Garden art, nurseries, gardening experts, food, music and a wine garden. Admission is free; www.everettwa.org.
Plant sales
Island County Master Gardener Foundation: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 14, Greenbank Farm, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank, Whidbey Island. Perennials, native plants, shrubs, veggies and plant clinic.
Pilchuck Fuchsia Society: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 14, 3524 94th Place NE, Marysville; 360-572-0686. Lots of unique fuchsias, hanging baskets, hostas, day lilies, ground covers, geraniums, tomato plants, vegetable starts and herbs.
Monroe High School FFA: 17001 Tester Road, Monroe. Annuals, perennials, baskets, vegetable starts and more. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 14 and 28. Cash or check only. Contact Vince Caruso at carusov@monroe.wednet.edu or call 360-804-4686.
Arlington Garden Club: 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 14, City Hall Plaza, 238 N. Olympic Ave. Perennials and annuals. Proceeds from the plant sale go toward a scholarship awarded to a high school senior studying horticulture; www.arlington gardenclub.org.
Scholarships &Awards
Mukilteo Way Garden Club is offering a $1,000 Scholarship for horticulture studies at Edmonds Community College. Current EdCC students, high school students and adult learners are eligible. Application and details are available at www.mwgc.org or by request at PO Box 1361, Mukilteo, WA 98275. Application deadline is May 31.
Evergreen Awards: Mountlake Terrace is accepting nominations for its annual Evergreen Awards, which recognize property owners who take great care of their properties. Nomination forms are at www.cityofmlt.com and at city facilities. Accepted through May 28.
Garden tours
Mill Creek Garden Tour: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 25 at six gardens in Mill Creek; benefits Mill Creek Garden Club’s “Giving through Gardening” school grants, civic projects and club operations; tickets $15; on sale at Li’l Sprout Nursery, 17414 Bothell-Everett Highway, Mill Creek; www.millcreekgarden club.com.
Camano Island Backyard Wildlife Habitat Garden Tour: Features landscaping for wildlife, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 25; maps at the Camano Multipurpose Center, 141 NE Camano Dr., the day of the event; free; www.camanowildlifehabitat.org.
Edmonds in Bloom: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 17 at a variety of private gardens; tickets will be sold at businesses and online the first week in June; www.edmondsinbloom.com.
Snohomish Garden Club garden tour: Noon to 5 p.m. July 31 at gardens in the Snohomish area; $12; tickets available at several locations; 425-377-2084; www.snohomishgarden club.com.
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