Home & Garden Calendar
Published 10:40 am Wednesday, March 3, 2010
This week
Tours and events
Fecal Fest: March 5 through 20, send one postcard per person requesting a 6×3, 6×4 or 8×4 load of compost material to Woodland Park Zoo, 601 N. 59th St., Seattle; $35 to $60 for bed loads, $4 to $14.95 for bag or bucket-size loads; pick up dates will be April 16 through May 2; 206-625-7007; www.zoo.org.
Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation’s Winter Field Day: 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 6, WSU Northwest Washington Research and Extension Center, 16650 Highway 536, Mount Vernon; admission is included in annual dues for Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation members; admission $15 per individual, $30 per family for nonmembers; fruit tree grafting, pruning and other demonstrations; 360-820-8586; www.NWFruit.org.
Classes
Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse: 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; 360-466-3821; www.christiansonsnursery.com. Classes are free unless otherwise noted.
Sensational seeds with Ed Hume, 1 p.m. March 6; $5, make reservations at 360-466-3821.
Distinctive Interior Designs: Events at various locations; 425-238-3678; www.distinctiveinteriordesigns.net.
Garage sale 101 — maximize profit through layout and design, 6 to 8 p.m. March 9, City of Mukilteo administration building, 11930 Cyrus Way; $59.
Edmonds Parks &Recreation: Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St., Edmonds; 425-771-0230; www.reczone.org.
Spring gardening speaker series, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, March 4 through 25, Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St., Edmonds; $7 per class or $20 for series; same-day sign-up allowed; no registration deadline; 425-771-0230; www.reczone.org. March 4, sustainable gardening.
Emery’s Garden: 2829 164th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-743-4555; www.emerysgarden.com. Classes are free unless otherwise noted.
Raised bed workshop, 11 a.m. March 6; repeated at noon March 14.
Seed starting and growing vegetables, noon March 7.
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 101, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. March 9, Granite Falls Library, 815 E. Galena St., Granite Falls; learn the basics of starting a successful garden; details at 360-691-6087.
Swansons Nursery: 9701 15th Ave. NW, Seattle; 206-782-2543; www.swansonsnursery.com. Classes are free unless otherwise noted. Registration is suggested.
Fruit trees, 10 a.m. March 6.
Wight’s Home &Garden: 5026 196th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-775-3636; www.wights.com. Classes are free and take place at Wight’s unless otherwise noted.
Spring gardening projects, 7 p.m. March 4, Lynnwood Library, 19200 44th Ave. W., Lynnwood.
Coming up
Tours and events
Country Gardens tea and “Hats Off to Spring” fashion show: 1 to 4 p.m. March 13, VOA Camp, Volasuca A-Frame, 617 First St., Sultan; $10, $5 ages 10 and under; tea, fashion show, live entertainment; 360-793-4013; www.sultangardenclub.webs.com.
Classes
Growing Groceries/Good Cheer Garden: Most classes are 9 a.m. to noon, second Saturdays through November, Bayview School, 5611 Bayview Road, Langley; $15 per class or $120 for series; 360-341-1884; www.growinggroceries.wordpress.com.
What to plant when it’s still cold, March 13.
Sunnyside Nursery: 3915 Sunnyside Blvd., Marysville; register at 425-334-2002; www.sunnysidenursery.net.
Living wreaths, 10 a.m. March 13; $30; register at 425-334-2002.
