Home and Garden calendar for Snohomish County and beyond

Published 1:30 am Thursday, November 3, 2016

Holiday garden: Arlington Garden Club Arts and Crafts, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 5, Gleneagle Country Club. Holiday décor, body care products, bakery treats, decorative gourds, jewelry, handbags, accessories and infant wear. Garden art, wire cages, metal sculptures, wood crafted lawn furniture, oil paintings and Seahawk signs. Raffle for a sculpture by artist Dennis Cant. Funds raised help support many AGC community projects including a $2,000 annual scholarship for a local high school graduate.

Go green: Northwest EcoBuilding Guild presents Green Building Slam and Northwest Green Conference: 5:30 to 11 p.m. Nov. 4 and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 5, Kane Hall, University of Washington, 1410 NE Campus Way, Central Parking Plaza at 4100 15th NE. Tickets here. Nov. 4: Ten fast-paced talks about green building projects. More at GreenBuildingSlam.org.

More green days: Keep Everett’s parks healthy and green. No experience is necessary and all tools are provided. Upcoming volunteer days are: Nov. 5, Forest Park. Nov. 12, South Everett Forest Preserve. Nov. 19, American Legion Memorial Park, with salmon-themed work party with lesson on salmon and forest restoration. Nov. 26, Howarth Park. Sessions are 9 a.m. to noon. More at https://everettwa.gov/796/Green-Everett-Partnership.

Build a trellis: Monroe Garden Club meets at noon Nov. 14 at Monroe Methodist Church, 342 S. Lewis St. Club president Jeannette Susor will demonstrate how to build a garden trellis. The public is welcome to attend. Bring branches and twine to practice with or to use to start your project. Two completed trellises will be raffled for $2 a ticket, with proceeds benifitting the club. For more information, call 360-863-6160.

Permaculture and wildlife: Learn how farming and providing for wildlife can go hand-in-hand at 7 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Camano Multipurpose Center, 141 N. East Camano Drive. Zach and Hailey Abbey manage Ananda Farm on the south end of Camano Island and will share how they use methods from natural farming, permaculture and regenerative agriculture to grow nutritious food and enhance all the life around the farm, including soil microbes, bees, birds, alpacas and humans. The Camano Wildlife Habitat Project, sponsored by Friends of Camano Island Parks, hosts public presentations the third Wednesday of the month. For information, call 360-387-2236, visit www.camanowildlifehabitat.org or email camanowildlifehabitat@gmail.com.

Forest Steward: 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.

CLASSES

Be a master: 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.

Winter Speaker Series: SnohomishCounty Master Gardener Foundation annual series features Northwest garden personalities in eight sessions on Friday mornings from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. beginning Jan 6. Lectures are held in the Social Hall of the Mukilteo Presbyterian Church, 4515 84th St. SW, Mukilteo. A pass for the complete series is $85; single sessions are $20 at the door. More at www.gardenlectures.com for a listing of dates, speakers, topics and how to register.

Growing Groceries Education Series: Classes designed to help you learn how to grow your own food. Classes are Wednesday evenings from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at WSU Snohomish County Extension’s Cougar Auditorium, 600 128th St. SE, Everett. Cost is $20 per class or 10 for $175. Register online at GrowingGroceries.Eventbrite.com. For more, visit snohomish.wsu.edu/growing-groceries; call 425-357-6024 or email kate.ryan@wsu.edu. Nov. 16: Healthy Soil = Healthy Plants Part 2. Interpreting soil tests; making and using compost.