Home & garden calendar

Published 2:24 pm Wednesday, April 7, 2010

This week

Tours and events

Northwest Orchid Society show and sale: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 10 and 11, Sky Nursery, 18528 Aurora Ave. N., Shoreline; free admission; 206-546-4851; www.nwos.org.

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival: Fields open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through April 30, various sites in Mount Vernon; display gardens and fields free to view; 360-428-5959; www.tulipfestival.org.

Work party: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 10, Willow Creek Hatchery, 95 Pine St., Edmonds; plant flowers, weed and put up signs in the Native Plant Demo Garden; 425-672-2150; www.edmonds backyardwildlifehabitat.org.

Work party: 1 to 4 p.m. April 10, Good Cheer Food Bank, 2812 Grimm Road, Langley; 360-341-1884; www.growinggroceries.wordpress.com.

Classes

Arlington Garden Club: 360-435-3892; e-mail info@arlingtongardenclub.org.

11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 12, Gleneagle Family Restaurant, 7619 E. Country Club Drive, Arlington; container gardening; meeting is free, optional meal $7.

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

Decor tips for walls and windows, 6 to 7:30 p.m. April 13, Budget Blinds, 13206 Bothell-Everett Highway, Mill Creek; $25; register at 425-745-1891; www.cityofmillcreek.com.

Emery’s Garden: 2829 164th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-743-4555; www.emerysgarden.com. Classes are free unless otherwise noted.

Good and bad bugs, 11 a.m. April 10.

Hanging baskets, noon April 11.

Growing Groceries/Good Cheer Garden: Most classes from 9 a.m. to noon second Saturdays, February through November, Bayview High School, 5611 Bayview Road, Langley; $15 per class or $120 for series; 360-341-1884; e-mail growinggroceries@whidbey.com.

April 10, early spring plantings and irrigation.

Mill Creek Library: 15429 Bothell-Everett Highway, Mill Creek; free; 425-337-4822; www.sno-isle.org.

Planting butterfly gardens, 7 to 8:30 p.m. April 14.

Monroe Garden Club: Monroe United Methodist Church, 342 S. Lewis St., Monroe; free but food bank donations welcome; 425-870-4597.

Ideas from the most beautiful gardens in the world, Marianne Binetti, 1 p.m. April 12.

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

Natural pest management, 11 a.m. April 10.

Woodland Park Zoo: N. 50th Street and Fremont Avenue N., Seattle; 206-548-2500; www.zoo.org.

Attract and care for butterflies and bees, 7 to 9 p.m. April 13; $20.

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

Choose 1 to 3:30 p.m. or 6 to 8:30 p.m. April 8 workshop with a master gardener; learn easy maintenance and low water usage; $20 per person or $25 for two people sharing materials; register at 425-338-2400, e-mail klchristen@cahnrs.wsu.edu, or find registration form at www.snohomish.wsu.edu/garden/workshops/registrationform.pdf.

Plant sales

Early Bloomers plant sale: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 10, Arboretum Foundation, Washington Park Arboretum, 2300 Arboretum Drive E., Seattle; hellebores, trilliums, primroses; 206-325-4510; www.arboretumfoundation.org.

Master Gardener CLINICS

Community clinics: www.snohomish.wsu.edu.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, April 10 through July 10, but not May 1, Lowe’s, 2505 Pacific Ave., Everett.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, April 10 through June 26, but not May 1, Smokey Point Plant Farm, 15022 Twin Lakes Ave., Marysville.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays, April 10 through July 11, but not May 1, 29 or 30, Lowe’s, 2002 132nd St., Mill Creek.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, April 10 through June 26, but not May 1, Lowe’s, 19393 Tjerno Place SE, Monroe.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, April 17 through July 17, but not May 1, My Garden Nursery, 17414 Bothell-Everett Highway, Mill Creek.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, April 17 through July 17, but not May 1, Stanwood Orchard Nursery, 10521 Highway 532, Stanwood.

9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays through June 26, but not May 1, Emery’s Garden, 2829 164th St. SW, Lynnwood.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through June 26, but not May 1, Fred Meyer, 4615 196th St. SW, Lynnwood.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through June 26, but not May 1, Lowe’s, 3100 196th St. SW, Lynnwood.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through June 26, but not May 1, University Book Store, 15311 Main St., Mill Creek.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through June 26, but not May 1, Haggen Food, 26603 72nd Ave. NW, Stanwood.

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

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

Master Gardener “Sustainable Gardening” lecture series, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Fridays, Mukilteo Presbyterian Church social hall, 4515 84th St. SW, Mukilteo; no reservations, but $20 payable at door if space; 425-338-2400; www.snohomish.wsu.edu. April 16, Marianne Binetti on global gardening.

Coming up

Tours and events

Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 16 through 18, Center House and Fisher Pavilion, 305 Harrison St., Seattle; free admission; 206-684-7200; www.seattlecenter.com.

Classes

Distinctive Interior Designs: 425-238-3678; www.distinctiveinteriordesigns.net. Registration required.

Earth-friendly organizing and design, 6 to 8 p.m. April 20, Lake Stevens School District Educational Service Center, 12309 22nd St. NE; $30; register at 425-335-1500; www.lkstevens.wednet.edu.

Edmonds Floretum Garden Club: 801 Walnut St., Edmonds; Workshops: 206-369-5429.

End bug wars, 10 a.m. to noon April 17, community room, Coldwell, Banker Bain, 108 Fifth Ave. S., Edmonds; $2 donation requested.

Sunnyside Nursery: 3915 Sunnyside Blvd., Marysville; 425-334-2002; www.sunnysidenursery.net.

Herbs, 10 a.m. April 17.