This week
Tours and events
Washington Native Plant Society, Whatcom County/Koma Kulshan chapter: Fairhaven Park, 107 Chuckanut Drive, Bellingham; 360-319-6988, www.wnps.org.
Introductory plant walk, 6 p.m. to dusk May 28, Whatcom Falls trails; free.
Classes
Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse: 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; 360-466-3821, www.christiansonsnursery.com.
Market basket herb series, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Fridays, through May 30, reservations required; $12 basket fee plus cost of herbs; 360-466-3821.
Emery’s Garden: 2829 164th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-743-4555, www.emerysgarden.com. Classes are free unless otherwise noted.
Choice and care of vines, 11 a.m. May 24.
The perfect tomato, noon May 25 and 1 p.m. May 28.
McDaniel’s Do It Center: 510 Second St., Snohomish; 360-568-1544.
McDaniel’s Do It Center offers free classes in decorative wall finish techniques at 10 a.m. every Saturday. May classes feature painted paper technique.
Molbak’s: 13625 NE 175th St., Woodinville; 425-483-5000, www.molbaks.com. Classes are free unless otherwise noted.
Sustainably grown herbs, 11 a.m. to noon May 24.
The Plant Farm at Smokey Point: 15022 Twin Lakes Ave., Marysville; 360-652-3351, www.theplantfarm.com. Unless otherwise noted, classes are free, but registration is requested; call to leave the name of the class and number of seats desired. Classes are 11 a.m. Saturdays and 1 p.m. Sundays.
Elle pots, May 24.
Rain gardens, May 25.
The Salvage Studio: Classes start at 10 a.m. Saturdays. Registration with payment is required. 650 Edmonds Way, Edmonds; 425-330-5425, e-mail gardngal@usa.net, www.thesalvagestudio.com.
Altered books, May 24.
Sunnyside Nursery: 3915 Sunnyside Blvd., Marysville; register at 425-334-2002.
“Remember Me” container gardening for Memorial Day with Bev Anderson, 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. May 24; $15 includes all supplies; plant a container in honor of Memorial Day; registration required.
Swansons Nursery: Seminars and classes offered. Registration suggested. 9701 15th Ave. NW, Seattle; 206-782-2543, ext. 235, www.swansonsnursery.com.
Ikebana with Megumi Schacher, 9:15 a.m. Fridays, ongoing, registration required before first class, 425-744-9751; $25 per session.
Wight’s Home &Garden: 5026 196th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-775-3636. All classes are free.
Planters with Punch demonstrations, noon to 3 p.m. Saturdays through May.
WSU Snohomish County Extension: McCollum Park, 600 128th St., Everett; 425-338-2400, ext. 5500, www.snohomish.wsu.edu.
Learning to identify bugs and blights series, Wednesdays, through December; choose from 10 a.m. to noon, 1 to 3 p.m. and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. sessions; $20 single workshop, $65 for four workshops; $10, $35 for master gardeners; registration required; 425-338-2400, www.snohomish.wsu.edu/ag/workshops. Next session: May 28.
Plant sales
Snohomish High School: 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays, through June 1, Snohomish High School greenhouse, 1316 Fifth St., Snohomish; features annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, vegetable starts; 360-563-4195.
Coming up
Tours and events
Molbak’s: 13625 NE 175th St., Woodinville; 425-483-5000, www.molbaks.com. Classes are free unless otherwise noted. Evening of wine tasting, 5 to 7 p.m. May 30, $15 per person.
Nature Conservancy walking tours: Port Susan Bay Preserve, near Stanwood: Choose from 9 a.m. or 1 p.m. sessions, third Saturdays, by appointment; now through Sept. 20; free; details at 206-343-4345, ext. 345 or e-mail washington@tnc.org, subject [“]Port Susan Bay Tours.”
Washington Park Arboretum: 2300 Arboretum Drive E., Seattle; 206-325-4510, www.arboretumfoundation.org. Summer bamboo festival, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with auction at 11 a.m., June 1, free admission.
Classes
Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse: 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; 360-466-3821, www.christiansonsnursery.com.
Hypertufas, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. May 31, $35, supplies provided; reservations required; 360-466-3821.
Emery’s Garden: 2829 164th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-743-4555, www.emerysgarden.com. Classes are free unless otherwise noted.
Molbak’s: 13625 NE 175th St., Woodinville; 425-483-5000, www.molbaks.com. Classes are free unless otherwise noted.
Transformational interior design, 6 to 7 p.m. May 30.
Flowering shrubs throughout the year, 11 a.m. to noon May 31.
Northwest Perennial Alliance: Bellevue Botanical Garden visitors’ center, 12001 Main St., Bellevue; 425-647-6004, www.northwestperennialalliance.org.
Fall perennial care, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. first Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. second and fourth Sundays, ongoing, all experience levels welcome; free.
The Plant Farm at Smokey Point: 15022 Twin Lakes Ave., Marysville; 360-652-3351, www.theplantfarm.com. Unless otherwise noted, classes are free, but registration is requested; call to leave the name of the class and number of seats desired. Classes are 11 a.m. Saturdays and 1 p.m. Sundays.
Carnivorous plants, May 31.
The Salvage Studio: Classes start at 10 a.m. Saturdays. Registration with payment is required. 650 Edmonds Way, Edmonds; 425-330-5425, e-mail gardngal@usa.net, www.thesalvagestudio.com.
Campy corsages, May 31.
Sunnyside Nursery: 3915 Sunnyside Blvd., Marysville; 425-334-2002; free classes offered. Registration suggested.
Living wreaths, 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. May 31; $30; plant a wreath ring with colorful annuals for summer-long blooms.
