Home & Garden Calendar

Published 12:33 pm Wednesday, September 16, 2009

This week

Tours and events

Docent-led tours: 10 a.m. Saturdays through September, Evergreen Arboretum &Gardens, Legion Park, 145 Alverson Blvd., Everett; free; rain-or-shine; other days and times by appointment; 425-257-8597; www.evergreenarboretum.com.

Scarecrow-building contest: Entries due at Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse, 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon, by Sept. 30; creations must be self-supporting; 360-466-3821.

Classes

Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse: 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; 360-466-3821; www.christiansonsnursery.com. Classes are free unless otherwise noted.

n Planting fall and winter containers, 11 a.m. Sept. 19; $5, reservations required at 360-466-3821.

n Garden delights — pteridophytes, 1 p.m. Sept. 19; $5, reservations required at 360-466-3821.

Wight’s Home &Garden: 5026 196th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-775-3636. All classes are free.

n Fall lawn care, 10:30 a.m. Sept. 19.

WSU Snohomish County Extension: McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett; 425-338-2400, ext. 5500; www.snohomish.wsu.edu.

n Fall is for Planting miniseries, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 18 and 19, $20 per person or $35 for two people sharing materials; register at 425-357-6039.

n Garden tool maintenance series, 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays through Sept. 29; $20 per class; register at 425-357-6039; 425-338-2400, or e-mail klchristen@cahnrs.wsu.edu. Sept. 22, hand tool care.

n Rain garden how-to, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 23; $20 per person or $35 for two people sharing materials; register at 425-357-6039 or get forms at snohomish.wsu.edu/ag/workshops/registrationform.pdf.

Plant sales

Northwest Horticulture Society’s annual fall plant sale: Noon to 6:30 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18 and 19, Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way, Seattle; 206-527-1794; www.northwesthort.org.

Washington Park Arboretum: 2300 Arboretum Drive E., Seattle; 206-325-4510; www.arboretumfoundation.org. Pat Calvert Greenhouse sells arboretum collection plants 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, year-round. Arboretum’s plant donations nursery offers plants from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays and second Saturdays through October.

Coming up

Tours and events

American Rhododendron Society, Pilchuck Chapter: Meets first Thursdays, First Baptist Church fellowship hall, 4011 81st Place NE, Marysville.

n Rhododendron cutting (propagation) workshop, 1 to 3 p.m. Sept. 26, 11731 Highway 530 NE, Arlington; 360-435-3030 to reserve a spot.

Historic Seattle Bungalow Fair: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 26, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 27, Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle; admission $5 to $10; see antique and new works of metal, tile, glass, textiles, ceramics and lighting; speak to antiques dealers, architects and interior designers; 206-622-6952; www.historicseattle.org.

n “My Most Frequently Asked Questions” with arts and crafts collector Bruce Johnson, 11:30 a.m. Sept. 26, Bungalow Fair lecture; $5 or $10 ticket required.

n The Glasgow Style — Artists in the Decorative Arts, circa 1900 with Laura Euler, 11:30 a.m. Sept. 27, Bungalow Fair lecture; $5 or $10 ticket required.

Classes

Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse: 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; 360-466-3821; www.christiansonsnursery.com. Classes are free unless otherwise noted.

n Garden delights — pteridophytes, 1 p.m. Sept. 26; $5, reservations required at 360-466-3821.

Emery’s Garden: 2829 164th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-743-4555; www.emerysgarden.com. Classes are free unless otherwise noted.

n Homestead Weekend, 11 a.m. start Sept. 26, noon start Sept. 27; topics include cooking with seasonal harvest items, drying, freezing, pickling, jam and jelly-making techniques, fall planting and raising chickens.

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

n Dividing ferns, 10 to 11 a.m. Sept. 26, meet at blue entrance columns; free, but guests must bring gloves.

Finishing Touch Floors: 18311 Bothell-Everett Highway, Bothell; 425-486-9030; www.finishingtouchfloors.com.

n Color and Style Trends 2009-2010 presentation, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 1, RSVP e-mail deadline Sept. 21, to colleenw@finishingtouchfloors.com.

Sky Nursery: 18528 Aurora Ave. N., Shoreline; 206-546-4851; www.skynursery.com. Seminars are free.

n Jazz up your garden with a fall makeover, 11 a.m. Sept. 26.

Wight’s Home &Garden: 5026 196th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-775-3636. All classes are free.

n Welcoming entrances, 10:30 a.m. Sept. 26; learn to make fall wreaths, garlands and autumn containers.

WSU Snohomish County Extension: McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett; 425-338-2400, ext. 5500; www.snohomish.wsu.edu.

n Garden tool maintenance series, 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays through Sept. 29; $20 per class; register at 425-357-6039; 425-338-2400, or e-mail klchristen@cahnrs.wsu.edu. Sept. 29, small engine repair.

Master gardener clinics

Various dates, times and sites; free; 425-357-6010; 425-338-2400; www.snohomish.wsu.edu.

Edmonds Farmer’s Market: 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturdays through Sept. 26, 100 block of Fifth Ave. N., in front of Log Cabin.

Everett Farmer’s Market: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 27, on the waterfront.

Rosehill Community Center: 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Sept. 23, 304 Lincoln Ave., Mukilteo.