Home and Garden Calendar
Published 8:26 pm Wednesday, April 8, 2009
This week
Tours and events
Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse: 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; register at 360-466-3821, www.christiansonsnursery.com. Events are free unless otherwise noted.
– Tulip Festival “Art at the Schoolhouse,” 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through April 26.
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival: Daily through April 30, though blooms depend on weather; fields are in Mount Vernon; events in Burlington, Bow, Conway, La Conner, Mount Vernon and Sedro-Woolley; display gardens open 9 a.m. daily; 360-428-5959, www.tulipfestival.org.
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival boat tours: 11 a.m. to dusk daily through April 30, meet at 160 E. Cornet Bay Road, Oak Harbor; $21, $19 children and seniors; 888-909-8687, www.deceptionpasstours.com.
UW Center for Urban Horticulture, headquarters for UW Botanic Gardens: 3501 NE 41st St., Seattle; register at 206-543-8616, www.uwbotanicgardens.org.
– Audio tours, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the arboretum or 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from the Center for Urban Horticulture, rent headphones and an MP3 player loaded with audio tour information for $6 plus a $50 damage deposit.
Classes
Arlington Garden Club: “Turn Your Thumb Green” workshops, 10 to 11:30 a.m. second Saturdays, Boys &Girls Club, 18513 59th Ave. NE, Arlington; $3 nonmembers; 360-403-0820, e-mail info@arlingtongardenclub.org.
– April 11 workshop related to the city of Arlington’s Arbor Day celebration.
Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse: 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; register at 360-466-3821, www.christiansonsnursery.com. Events are free unless otherwise noted.
– Making natural dyes for Easter eggs, 10 a.m. April 11; $5, make reservations at 360-466-3821.
Emery’s Garden: 2829 164th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-743-4555, www.emerysgarden.com. Events are free unless otherwise noted.
– Grow your own — the home vegetable garden, 10 a.m. April 11 and noon April 12.
Historic Seattle: 1117 Minor Ave., Seattle; 206-622-6952, www.historicseattle.org.
– Protecting historic sites, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 11, Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle; $30, $25 Historic Seattle members, $15 students.
Snohomish Community Growing Groceries volunteer mentors meetings: WSU Snohomish County Extension program, 600 128th St. SE, Everett; 360-333-0745, www.snohomish.wsu.edu. All classes are free.
– Monroe group tool show-and-tell session, 10 a.m. April 11, Morris Garden, corner of Village Way and Sky River Parkway, Monroe; 360-793-8757.
Snohomish Garden Club: P.O. Box 1204, Snohomish; 360-568-5960. Meets 7 p.m. second Mondays, September through May, Snohomish High School cafeteria, 1316 Fifth St., Snohomish. April 13, gardener and author Bob Lilly.
Swansons Nursery: 9701 15th Ave. NW, Seattle; 206-782-2543, ext. 235, www.swansonsnursery.com. Classes are free unless otherwise noted, but registration is suggested.
– Wildlife-friendly gardening, 10 a.m. April 11.
– Ikebana with Megumi Schacher, 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays; $25 per session, registration required before first class, 425-744-9751.
UW Center for Urban Horticulture, headquarters for UW Botanic Gardens: 3501 NE 41st St., Seattle; register at 206-543-8616, www.uwbotanicgardens.org.
– Community partner program and environmental writing workshop, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 11; $75, includes lunch; register at 206-543-5591.
– Plant propagation, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 11, Douglas Headhouse; $45, register at 206-543-8616.
– Plant identification, 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays through April 14, 246 Hitchcock Hall, UW campus, Seattle; $160 for series, register at 206-685-8033.
– Botanical Drawing II, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Thursdays through April 16, Isaacson classroom, Center for Urban Horticulture, Seattle; $160 for series, register at 360-297-8858, e-mail kmckeehen@centurytel.net.
– Practical and creative landscape design, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays through April 22, Douglas Classroom, Center for Urban Horticulture; $200 for series, register at 206-543-8616.
Wight’s Home &Garden: 5026 196th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-775-3636. All classes are free.
– Bugs, diseases and integrated pest management, 11 a.m. April 11.
WSU Extension/Beach Watchers Shore Stewards: 121 N. East Camano Drive, Camano Island; 360-387-3443, ext. 258, www.shorestewards.wsu.edu/island.
– Beach and bluff property owners’ meeting, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 11, Coupeville Recreation Hall, 901 N. Alexander St., Coupeville; topics include bluff stability basics, native plants and noxious weeds, composting basics, how to build a rain garden; free but registration required to 360-387-3443, ext. 258.
WSU Snohomish County Extension: McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett; 425-338-2400, ext. 5500, www.snohomish.wsu.edu.
– Pollination in the home garden, 9 a.m. to noon April 14; $35 per person, registration required at 425-338-2400, e-mail klchristen@cahnrs.wsu.edu.
Plant sales
Arboretum Foundation: 2300 Arboretum Drive E., Seattle; 206-325-4510, www.arboretumfoundation.org. Early bloomers sale, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 11, outside Graham Visitors Center.
Washington Park Arboretum: 2300 Arboretum Drive E., Seattle; 206-325-4510, www.arboretumfoundation.org. Pat Calvert Greenhouse is selling arboretum collection plants 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, year-round.
Coming up TOURS AND EVENTS
Everett Home &Garden Show: Noon to 6 p.m. April 17, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 18 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 19, Everett Events Center, Broadway and Hewitt, Everett. Tickets are $7.50 for adults and $7 for seniors. Children under 16 are admitted free. Military and their families $2 with ID. Look for $1 off discount ads in The Herald the week of the show or go to everetthomegardenshow.com to print a coupon.
Plant sales
Children’s Hospital: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 18 and 19, Children’s administration building, 6901 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle; perennials, annuals, trees, shrubs, ornamental grasses, groundcovers; 425-338-0123, www.seattlechildrens.org.
Mukilteo Library plant exchange: 2 p.m. April 18, 4675 Harbour Pointe Blvd., Mukilteo; bring identified plants, bulbs, groundcovers, volunteer trees to trade with others; free; 425-493-8202, see form at www.sno-isle.org for guidelines.
Seattle Dahlia Society: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 18 and 19, Country Village, 23732 Bothell-Everett Highway, Bothell; 206-546-1522, 206-954-3336.
Sno-King Fuchsia Society: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 18 and 19, Country Village, 232720 Bothell-Everett Highway, Bothell; hardy fuchsias, edging and garden shrubs, annuals, perennials, geraniums, vegetables; 360-794-5469.
Snohomish County Dahlia Society: 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. April 19, Legion Park Hall, 145 Alverson Blvd., Everett; 360-659-8687, www.scdahlias.org.
Classes
Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse: 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; register at 360-466-3821, www.christiansonsnursery.com. Events are free unless otherwise noted.
– Design your own mixed hanging basket, 6 to 7:30 p.m. April 17 and 24, supplies free, but reservations required at 360-466-3821.
Emery’s Garden: 2829 164th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-743-4555, www.emerysgarden.com. Events are free unless otherwise noted.
– Design and plant your own blooming hanging basket, 10 a.m. April 18, noon April 19.
The Salvage Studio: unless otherwise noted, classes 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays, Bountiful Home, 122 Fourth Ave. S., Edmonds; 425-330-5425, e-mail gardngal@usa.net, www.thesalvagestudio.com. Registration with payment is required.
– Tassels workshop, April 18, $40.
Snohomish Community Growing Groceries volunteer mentors meetings: WSU Snohomish County Extension program, 600 128th St. SE, Everett; 360-333-0745, www.snohomish.wsu.edu. All classes are free.
– Stanwood group meetings, 7 to 9 p.m. third Thursdays through summer, Wild Song Nursery, 21313 36th Ave. NW, Stanwood; 360-652-5708 to reserve a space.
– Growing vegetables organically, 1 to 3 p.m. April 18, Christ the King Lutheran Church, 1305 Pine Ave., Snohomish; 360-333-0745.
Swansons Nursery: 9701 15th Ave. NW, Seattle; 206-782-2543, ext. 235, www.swansonsnursery.com. Classes are free unless otherwise noted, but registration is suggested.
– Container design for all seasons, 10 a.m. April 18.
– Tomato time, 10 a.m. April 19.
Wight’s Home &Garden: 5026 196th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-775-3636. All classes are free.
– Herb and vegetable gardening, 11 a.m. April 18 and 19; topics include soil prep, watering techniques, plant choices.
