Home and Garden calendar for Snohomish County and beyond

Published 1:30 am Thursday, September 8, 2016

Monroe Garden Club: Noon Sept. 12, Monroe United Methodist Church, 342 S. Lewis St. Club members Maureen Paszek and Florence Craven will present “Propagating 101: More Plants, Less Money.” Bring cuttings of plants to share. After hands-on practice, the new plant starts can be taken home. Call 360-863-6160 for more information.

Green Everett volunteer work party: Help Green Everett Partnership protect urban forests. No experience necessary and tools are provided. For more information or to RSVP, contact greeneverett@forterra.org or call 425-238-0065. Dates are: Thornton A. Sullivan, Sept. 17; and Howarth Park, Oct. 15.

Farm walk and talk: The Cultivating Success program combines workshop and on-farm learning experiences to support the success of new and existing farms and agri-ventures. The 12-week program provides students with the tools necessary to create or grow a sustainable farm operation. The course starts Sept. 19 at Carnation Farm’s Alpine Room. Register at FarmWalk.BrownPaperTickets.com. For details: king.wsu.edu/cultivatingsuccess; Holly Small, hollynthompson@wsu.edu or Kate Ryan, kate.ryan@wsu.edu or 425-357-6024.

“From Blah to Ta Da!”: Talk by Karen Chapman, author of “Fine Foliage” and founder of Le Jardinet, a custom container garden design service, 9:30 a.m. Sept. 24, Rosehill Community Center, 304 Lincoln Ave., Mukilteo. Presented by Evergreen District Garden Clubs; 425-512-5345 or waller1397@comcast.net. Donation of $5 at door requested.

Garden variety

Zoo Doo: Woodland Park Zoo’s exotic compost. Zoo Doo is composed of species feces contributed by the zoo’s non-primate herbivores such as tapirs, hippos, giraffes and more, and is perfect to grow vegetables and annuals. Worm Doo, made with worm castings, is sold in pint containers at the ZooStores while it lasts. Gardening fans must enter a lottery to win the chance to purchase Zoo Doo. Enter at zoo.org/fecalfest through Sept. 14. Pick-up dates are Sept. 24 to Oct. 15.

Forest superheroes wanted: Want to learn how to lead your own forest restoration project, get other volunteers involved and bring some much-needed TLC to a park you love? Become a forest steward. More at greeneverett@forterra.org or 425-238-0065.

Go green: The master gardener program is accepting applications for 2017 training. Classes start in January. Training focuses on learning how to use resources to research, educate, mentor and answer horticulture questions for the general public in a collaborative environment. All training is open book and no memorization is expected. Training involves about 80 hours of classroom and workshop instruction once a week on Thursdays, from Jan. 12 through March 30. Tuition is $275 plus a volunteer commitment of 40 hours each year for two years with other volunteers on a variety of horticultural and environmental educational projects. Without the volunteer commitment, tuition is $775. For more information and an application, go to extension.wsu.edu/snohomish and look under “Calendar” or call the Extension Office at 425-338-2400.

Events

Everett Fall Home Show: Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 and 2, Xfinity Arena, Everett. Hours are noon to 6 p.m. Sept. 30; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 1 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 2. Admission is $7 adults, $6.50 seniors. Free for kids 16 and under.

Green Everett Day: 9 a.m. to noon, Oct. 15. Volunteers will gather at Howarth Park to plant a forest and celebrate. There will be raffle prizes, food, special community guests. Register at: www.surveymonkey.com/r/greeneverettday2016.

Remodeled Homes Tour: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 8 and 9. Presented by the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish counties, and made possible by Dunn Lumber, features 15 expertly renovated homes as designed and constructed by Master Builder members. For free tickets and more: www.remodeltour.com.