Home and Garden Calendar

Published 5:02 pm Tuesday, June 16, 2009

This week

Tours and events

Arboretum audio tours: Rent headphones and an MP3 player loaded with information and tour the grounds, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily at the arboretum, 2300 Arboretum Drive E., Seattle; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily from UW Center for Urban Horticulture, headquarters for UW Botanic Gardens, 3501 NE 41st St., Seattle; $6 plus $50 damage deposit; 206-543-8616; www.uwbotanicgardens.org.

Rose Festival: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. June 19 through 21, Antique Rose Farm, 12220 Springhetti Road, Snohomish; free admission; 360-568-1919; www.antiquerosefarm.com.

Rose Festival: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 20, Christianson’s Nursery, 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; displays, workshops, ice cream social, Ciscoe Morris talks at 2:30 p.m.; 360-466-3821; www.christiansonsnursery.com.

Landscape design sessions: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 20, Sunnyside Nursery, 3915 Sunny­side Blvd., Marysville; the 30-minute sesssions with professional landscape designers are free, but require reservations; 425-334-2002; www.sunnysidenursery.net.

Classes

Evergreen Arboretum &Gardens: Legion Park, 145 Alverson Blvd. and Marine View Drive, Everett; 425-257-8597; www.evergreenarboretum.com.

n Great plants, great design, 10 to 11 a.m. June 20; rain or shine; free.

The Salvage Studio: Classes 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays at Bountiful Home, 122 Fourth Ave. S., Edmonds, unless otherwise noted; 425-330-5425; e-mail gardngal@usa.net, www.thesalvagestudio.com. Payment is required at the time of registration.

n Garland workshop, June 20; $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.

n 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. Swansons Nursery: 9701 15th Ave. NW, Seattle; 206-782-2543, ext. 235; www.swansonsnursery.com. Registration is suggested.

n Ikebana with Megumi Schacher, 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays; $25 per session; registration required at 425-744-9751.

Coming up

tours and events

Camano Island Backyard Wildlife Habitat Garden Tour: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 27, maps at Camano Multipurpose Center, 141 NE Camano Drive, Camano Island; free; 360-387-1615.

Gardens of Merit tour: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 27, start at Legion Park, 145 Alverson Blvd., Everett; $10; 425-257-8597; www.evergreenarboretum.com.

Gardens of Note Tour: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 28, Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse, 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; $25; tickets, which include map of sites, are sold in advance and day of event at Christianson’s Garden Store; 360-466-3821; www.christiansonsnursery.com.

Classes

Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse: 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; register at 360-466-3821; www.christiansons nursery.com. Most classes are free.

n Vertical gardening, 11 a.m. to noon June 27; $5, reservations required at 360-466-3821.