Garden variety
Rhodie TLC: 10 a.m. to noon, July 16, Meerkerk Gardens, 3531 Meerkerk Lane, Greenbank. Meerkerk nursery manager Susie Reynolds will help you learn to care for your rhodys, understand their pruning needs, watering needs, and feeding needs. Seating is limited. Cost is $10. Call to reserve your seat. More at www.meerkerkgardens.org.
Seeing purple: Sequim’s annual Lavender Weekend with farm tours, products, music, art, food and everything lavender, is July 15-17; www.lavenderfestival.com.
Everett Dahlia Show: 1 to 6 p.m. Aug. 20, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 21 at Floral Hall at Forest Park, 802 E. Mukilteo Blvd., Everett; free; www.everettwa.org/parks; www.scdahlias.org.
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.millcreekgardenclub.com.
Camano Island Backyard Wildlife Habitat Garden Tour: Features landscaping for wildlife, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 25; get maps at the Camano Multipurpose Center, 141 NE Camano Dr., on 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.snohomishgardenclub.com.
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