Home & Garden calendar

Published 1:04 pm Wednesday, November 10, 2010

This week

Tours and events

Conifer Tour: 1 p.m. Nov. 13, Christianson’s Nursery, 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; free. Make reservations at 360-466-3821; www.christiansonsnursery.com. Optional tea and refreshments at La Conner Flats after tour; $12 per person; make reservations at 360-466-3190.

classes

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

Tablescaping, 11 a.m. Nov. 13.

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

Color! Color! Color, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16, Educational Service Center, 12309 22nd St. NE, Lake Stevens; $20; register at 425-335-1500; www.lkstevens.wednet.edu.

Edmonds Floretum Garden Club: General information at 425-697-3552. Saturday workshop information at 206-369-5429.

Autumn and winter landscape interest, 10 a.m. to noon Nov. 13, Coldwell Bain, 108 Fifth Ave. S.; $2 donation.

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

Houseplant selection and care, 11 a.m. Nov. 13.

Camellia celebration, 1 p.m. Nov. 14.

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

Winter containers, Nov. 13.

Monroe Library: 1070 Village Way, Monroe; 360-794-7851; www.sno-isle.org.

Orchard mason bees, 2 p.m. Nov. 13; free.

My Garden: 17414 Bothell-Everett Highway, Mill Creek; 425-402-1842; www.mygardennursery.com.

Kids Club activity — plant a fragrant paperwights, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Nov. 13; $2.

Build a fairy garden, 2 to 3 p.m. Nov. 14; repeated 11 a.m. to noon Dec. 4; free to observe or $50 to make and take home.

Woodland Park Zoo: 5500 Phinney Ave. N., Seattle; 206-548-2424; www.zoo.org. Backyard Habitat classes, 7 to 9 p.m. unless otherwise noted, various dates through Nov. 16, may be taken individually or as series; $25 per person per class; $30 per drop-in class; register at 206-548-2424. Problem plants and animals, Nov. 16.

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

Using native plants in landscapes, 10 a.m. to noon Nov. 13; $15 per class for active master gardeners, $25 others; register at 425-357-6039.

Moles, voles and renegade rabbits, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Nov. 13; $15 per class for active master gardeners, $25 others; register at 425-357-6039.

Plant sales

Washington Park Arboretum: 2300 Arboretum Drive E., Seattle; 206-325-4510; http://www.arboretum.org.

Pat Calvert Greenhouse sells arboretum collection plants 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Coming up

tours and events

Wreath-making sessions: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Nov. 20 through Dec. 12, Sunnyside Nursery, 3915 Sunnyside Blvd., Marysville; cost about $40 and up; reservations required for groups of 10 or larger. Bring decorations from home if you want; 425-334-2002; www.sunnysidenursery.net.

classes

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

Office efficiency for businesspeople, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18, large meeting room, Marysville Public Library, 6120 Grove St., Marysville; $20; register at 360-363-8400; www.marysvillewa.gov.

My Garden: 17414 Bothell-Everett Highway, Mill Creek; 425-402-1842; www.mygardennursery.com.

Wreath-making demonstrations, 11 a.m. to noon Nov. 20; free.

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

2011 master gardener training for horticulture professionals, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 6 to March 31, 2011; $600 per person for series, plus a $50 to $75 online training fee. Course requires no volunteer work. Applications due by Nov. 30; get details at snohomish.wsu.edu/mg/hortprofessionals.htm, or by mailing a self-addressed, stamped, legal-size envelope to WSU Snohomish County Extension, McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett, WA 98208, or by visiting the office.