Home & Garden Calendar

Published 3:05 pm Wednesday, July 14, 2010

This week

Tours and events

Edmonds in Bloom: Self-guided tour of six private gardens, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 18; $15 per person; tour map and tickets from Garden Gear, Frances Anderson Center and Bountiful Home in Edmonds; Emery’s Garden, Wight’s Home &Garden in Lynnwood; Sky Nursery in Shoreline; 425-771-5731; www.edmondsinbloom.com.

Gallery in the Garden opening night party: 6 to 9 p.m. July 16, Swansons Nursery, 9701 15th Ave. NW, Seattle; exhibition and sale of garden art; admission is $50 per person; exhibit up July 17 through Aug. 1; 206-328-2200, ext. 267; www.pratt.org, www.swansonsnursery.com.

Snohomish County Master Gardeners Tour: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 17; tickets from McCollum Park Extension Office, 600 128th St. SE, Everett; or request by mail by sending a check and three postage stamps per ticket desired to SCMGF 2010 Tours, 21506 12th Ave. W., Lynnwood, WA 98036. Find details on the 15 locations and other information at www.snomgf.org and 425-338-2400. Final tour date is Aug. 17.

Classes

Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse: 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; 360-466-3821; www.christiansonsnursery.com. Classes are $5 and registration is required, unless otherwise noted.

Attracting birds to the garden, 11 a.m. to noon July 17.

Distinctive Interior Designs: Events at various locations; 425-238-3678; www.distinctiveinteriordesigns.net.

Purge the paper, conquer the piles, create files, 6:30 to 8 p.m. July 15, Lake Stevens Library, 1804 Main St.; free; register at 425-334-1900.

Organize and design your office for optimal productivity, 6 to 8 p.m. July 20, City of Mukilteo Administration Building, 11930 Cyrus Way; $59; register at 425-267-0150 or www.everettcc.edu/ccec.

Emery’s Garden: 2829 164th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-743-4555; www.emerysgarden.com. Most classes are free.

Create a harmonious feng shui garden, noon July 18; $5; reserve a space at 425-743-4555.

Kruckeberg Botanic Garden: 20312 15th Ave. NW, Shoreline; 206-546-1281; www.kruckeberg.org. Register for workshops at 206-546-1281.

Sand-cast a leaf birdbath, 1 to 3 p.m. July 17; $55.

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

Designing planted containers with fountains, noon July 17.

Plant sales

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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. July 17, My Garden Nursery, 17414 Bothell-Everett Highway, Mill Creek.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 17, Stanwood Orchard Nursery, 10521 Highway 532.

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

3 to 8 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 26, Snohomish Farmers Market, First Street and Cedar Avenue.

10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturdays through Sept. 25, but not Aug. 7, log cabin on Fifth Avenue N., Edmonds.

11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 26, Everett Farmers Market, Marine View Drive.

Coming up

tours and events

Chicken Coop of Dreams tour: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 24 at various Everett gardens; $10 suggested donation; free maps and tickets at Zippy’s Java Lounge, Sno-Isle Food Co-op and Cenex Co-op Supply; details at 425-319-0429; www.riversideneighborhood.org.

Ethnobotany tour: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 24, Kruckeberg Botanic Garden, 20312 15th Ave. NW, Shoreline; $10; 206-546-1281; www.kruckeberg.org.

Snohomish Garden Club 2010 Garden Tour: Noon to 5 p.m. July 25; features nine local gardens; $12, advance tickets at Sunnyside Nursery in Marysville; Molbak’s in Woodinville; Emery’s Garden in Lynnwood; Machias Nursery, Kusler’s Pharmacy, Joyworks, Machias Nursery, McDaniel’s Do-It Center, McAuliffe’s Valley Nursery and Annies on First in Snohomish; My Garden Nursery in Bothell; day-of-tour tickets are at Snohomish Library, 311 Maple Ave.; 360-568-7913; www.snohomishgardenclub.com.

CLASSES

Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse: 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; 360-466-3821; www.christiansonsnursery.com. Classes are $5 and registration is required, unless otherwise noted.

Bamboo, 11 a.m. to noon July 24.

Evergreen Arboretum &Gardens: Legion Park, 145 Alverson Blvd., Everett; 425-257-8597; www.evergreenarboretum.com. Classes run from noon to 1 p.m. Saturdays and are free unless otherwise noted.

Conifers, July 24.

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

All about ponds, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 24.

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

Drip irrigation, choose 1 to 3 p.m. or 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. July 27; $20 per person, or $25 for two people sharing materials; register at 425-357-6039; www.snohomish.wsu.edu.