Home & garden calendar

Published 3:00 pm Wednesday, February 3, 2010

This week

Tours and events

Northwest Flower &Garden Show: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today through Feb. 6, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 7, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seventh Avenue and Pike Street, Seattle; $5 to $20, free ages 12 and under; 253-756-2121; www.gardenshow.com.

Classes

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

Pruning overgrown fruit trees, 11 a.m. Feb. 6; $5, make reservations at 360-466-3821.

Everett Public Library: Main branch, 2702 Hoyt Ave., Everett; 425-257-8000; www.epls.org.

Keeping hens in your back yard, 2 p.m. Feb. 7; free.

Seattle Tilth: Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle; 206-633-0451; www.seattletilth.org.

Beekeeping 101, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 9, Good Shepherd Center, Room 140; $18 Seattle Tilth members, $25 nonmembers; registration and payment required at www.seattletilth.org.

Growing perennial edibles, 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 10, Bradner Gardens Park, 1733 Bradner Place S., Seattle; $25 for Seattle Tilth members, $35 nonmembers; registration and payment required at www.seattletilth.org.

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

Pruning and Dormant Spraying 101, 7 tonight, Lynnwood Library, 19200 44th Ave. W., Lynnwood.

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

Master gardener Sustainable Gardening lecture series, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Fridays, Mukilteo Presbyterian Church social hall, 4515 84th St. SW, Mukilteo; $20 payable at door if open seats remain; 425-338-2400; www.snohomish.wsu.edu. Feb. 5, Pat Carey on green roof.

Coming up

Classes

Arlington Garden Club: Turn Your Thumb Green workshops, 10 to 11:30 a.m. second Saturdays in September, November, February and April, Boys &Girls Club, 18513 59th Ave. NE, Arlington; $4 nonmembers. Regular meetings 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. second Mondays, free; 360-435-3892, e-mail info@arlingtongardenclub.org.

A pruning workshop, Turn Your Thumb Green, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Feb. 13; guest speaker Tom Boyce; public admission $4.

Distinctive Interior Designs: 425-238-3678; www.distinctiveinterior designs.net. Register and attend classes at Lake Stevens School District Educational Service Center, 12309 22nd St. NE, 425-335-1500; www.lkstevens.wednet.edu; or Marysville Library, 6120 Grove St., 360-363-8400; www.marysvillewa.gov, as noted.

Organize your life, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16, Lake Stevens site; $20.

Snohomish Community Growing Groceries Volunteer Mentors meetings: WSU Snohomish County Extension program, 600 128th St. SE, Everett; 360-333-0745; www.snohomish.wsu.edu.

Vegetable gardening , 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16, Granite Falls Library, 815 E. Galena St., Granite Falls; 360-691-6087.