Home and garden calendar

Published 11:13 pm Wednesday, April 28, 2010

This week

Tours and events

Full botanic garden tour: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 1, June 12, July 10, Aug. 14 and Sept. 11, Kruckeberg Botanic Garden, 20312 15th Ave. NW, Shoreline; $10 per person, per tour; register at 206-546-1281; www.kruckeberg.org.

Classes

Brier City Hall: 2901 228th St. SW; 425-775-5440; www.ci.brier.wa.us.

Green Gardening series, 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays through May 6; free, but must register at 425-335-5634, ext. 123; leave name, phone number, e-mail and desired classes. Classes are sustainable landscape design (April 29) and good bug/bad bug (May 6).

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

The other fuchsia, 6 to 7:30 p.m. April 30; $5, make reservations at 360-466-3821.

Distinctive Interior Designs: Events at various locations; 425-238-3678; www.distinctiveinterior designs.net. Registration required.

Decor tips for walls and windows, 6 to 7:30 p.m. May 4, Budget Blinds, 13206 Bothell-Everett Highway, $25; register at 425-745-1891; www.cityofmillcreek.com.

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

Green wall, 11 a.m. May 1.

The kitchen herb garden, noon May 2.

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

Make an herb garden for Mom, for kindergartners through sixth-graders, 2 to 3 p.m. May 2; $5 per child, register at 206-546-4851.

Snohomish Conservation District: 528 91st Ave. NE, Suite A, Lake Stevens; 425-335-5634; www.snohomishcd.org.

Natural Gardening series, 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays through May 6, City Hall, 2901 228th St. SW, Brier; free, but register by e-mailing workshops@snohomishcd.org; or call 425-335-5634, ext. 123, and leave your name and phone number, the number of people attending and the workshop name. Workshops include child-friendly gardens; sustainable landscaping; composting, mulching, pruning; details at 425-335-5634, ext. 108.

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

Planters with Punch demonstrations, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays, May 2-23.

Plant sales

Edmonds Floretum Garden Club sale: 9 a.m. to noon May 1, Frontier Bank parking lot, 123 Third Ave. S., Edmonds; native plants, tomato plants, perennials, groundcovers; 425-697-3552, 425-672-1319.

Everett Garden Club: Buy perennials, annuals, shrubs, trees and more starting at 10 a.m. May 8 until supplies run out, usually about 1 or 2 p.m. at the corner of Evergreen Way and 52nd Street. Call 425-252-6575.

The Granite Falls Historical Society: perennials, rockery plants, red and yellow twig dogwood, burning bush, exotic grasses, marionberries, strawberries, raspberries, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 1 and 2, Granite Falls Museum, 109 E. Union St., Granite Falls. Contact Lorrene Hintz, 425-335-1948.

Greenwood Garden Club: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 1, Warm Beach Community Park, 19016 94th Drive NW, Stanwood; perennials, trees, shrubs, color baskets; 360-652-4138.

Seattle Tilth edible plant sale: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 1 and 2, Meridian Park, behind Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle; organic vegetable starts, herbs, edible flowers, cane fruits; www.seattletilth.org.

Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation plant sale: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 1, McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett; vegetable and herb starts, tomato plants, perennials, trees, shrubs, groundcovers; 425-357-6010.

South Whidbey Garden Club: 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. May 1, Freeland Payless parking lot. 1609 Main St. Mother’s Day baskets, Japanese maples, garden art and books. Call 360-341-3816 for more information.

Whidbey Island Eagles: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, May 1 and 2, 16691 Highway 525, Langley; azaleas, bedding plants, geraniums, grasses, groundcovers, hanging baskets, herbs, rhododendrons, tomato plants; 360-321-5636.

Master gardener clinics

Snohomish County Master Gardener community clinics: Various times, dates and sites; free; www.snohomish.wsu.edu.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. first and third Saturdays through Aug. 7, plus Sept. 4, Arlington Hardware, 215 N. Olympic Ave.

Coming up

Plant sales

Edmonds Community College spring plant sale: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 7, campus greenhouse, 20000 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood; woody plants, annuals, perennials, fuchsia baskets; 425-640-1739; http://hort.edcc.edu.

Girl Scout plant sale: Local Scout troops are putting on a spring bazaar and plant sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 8 at Frontier Bank, Fourth Street and Everett Mall Way. Perennials, seedlings, house plants, garden items. Proceeds benefit Scout trips. Call 425-252-4380 for more information.

Monroe Garden Club plant sale: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 8, East County Senior Center, 276 Sky River Parkway, Monroe; perennials, Northwest natives, annuals, garden art; 360-793-1829.

Mother’s Day plant sale: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 7-9, Kruckeberg Bontanic Garden, 20312 15th Ave. NW, Shoreline; 206-546-1281; www.kruckeberg.org.