Nuts and Bolts: July brings another round of events for garden lovers

Published 10:14 pm Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Here comes July, yet another busy month of garden tours and events to keep you inspired.

That includes the Edmonds in Bloom: Rhythm and Blooms Garden Tour, an annual self-guided tour from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 18 at six private gardens.

Tickets are $15 at www.edmondsinbloom.com; at the Frances Anderson Center, Bountiful Home and Garden Gear, all in Edmonds; Emery’s Garden and Wight’s Home &Garden, both in Lynnwood; and at Sky Nursery in Shoreline.

Call 425-771-5731 or see www.edmondsinbloom.com for more information.

Here are a few more events to get you out and about in July:

The Sequim Lavender Festival will be July 16 to 18 on the Olympic Peninsula.

Admission is $15 adults, but you can also attend free events, including a street fair and quilt show, plus culinary demonstrations and art studio tours.

Call 877-681-3035 or see www.lavenderfestival.com for more information.

If you don’t want to travel quite so far for lavender, attend the Lavender Hills Farm Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 10, 7508 108th St. NE, Marysville.

Enjoy U-cut lavender, live music, local arts and craft booths, lavender ice cream, lavender lemonade and lavender apple cider.

Admission is $1 per carload. Call 360-651-2086 or see www.lavenderhillsfarm.com.

Finally, don’t miss the Snohomish Garden Club’s 2010 garden tour from noon to 5 p.m. July 25 at nine local gardens.

Tickets for the 26th annual tour are $12 at Joyworks, Kusler’s Pharmacy, McDaniel’s Do-It Center, McAuliffe’s Valley Nursery, Machias Nursery and Annie’s on First, all in Snohomish; plus Sunnyside Nursery of Marysville, Emery’s Garden of Lynnwood, My Garden Nursery of Bothell and Molbak’s of Woodinville.

Tickets will be available between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. the day of the tour at the Snohomish Library, 311 Maple Ave., Snohomish. Call 360-568-7913 or see www.snohomishgardenclub.com for details.

Herald staff