Get your hands dirty: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 7, Eagle Ridge Community Garden, 2420 Soper Hill Road, Lake Stevens. Build garden beds and sheet mulching workshop. Bring gloves. Refreshments provided.
Seattle Home Show 2: The fall version of the oldest and largest home show in the Northwest is Oct. 6-8 at CenturyLink Field Event Center, 800 Occidental Ave. S., Seattle. See examples of game rooms, “she sheds,” solar energy, clean design, spas and barbecues. Attend home improvement seminars on a variety of topics. There is also a holiday cooking competition featuring Big Green Egg outdoor grills. Admission is $13. More at www.seattlehomeshow.com.
Hot herbs: Carol Galea, certified aromatherapist, will speak on “Herbs and Their Benefits in Cooking and Aromatherapy” at the Monroe Garden Club meeting at noon Oct. 9 at Monroe United Methodist Church, 342 S. Lewis St. More at 425-345-6154 or GardeningSince52@gmail.com.
Green water: Kate Riley, an environmental engineer and artist who focuses her work on community building within green storm water infrastructure, sustainable landscapes and urban farming, will talk at the Snohomish Garden Club meeting at 7 p.m. Oct. 9, Snohomish Senior Center, 506 Fourth St. Riley will discuss how to create beautiful gardens designed to make good use of water resources. More at www.snohomishgardenclub.com.
Fall workshop: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 12, Rosehill Community Center, 304 Lincoln Ave., Mukilteo. The Evergreen District Garden Clubs workshop will include a class by nature photographer Tim Boyer on how to photograph your garden and flowers, a presentation by Trevor Cameron from Sunnyside Nursery on “The Bones of the Garden” (the winter garden) and an interactive design program by floral designers Keith Ripley, Lary Spiller and Joe Dahlbom. Tickets are $22 in advance, $25 at the door. For more information, call 425-512-5345 or email waller1397@comcast.net.
Bulb fest: noon to 2 p.m. Oct. 14, Evergreen Arboretum at Arboretum Legion Memorial Park, 145 Alverson Blvd. Learn how to plant spring flowering bulbs and take home a box of bulbs for your own garden. Tools, bulbs and snacks provided. Meet at the front entrance. Membership is required. Cost is $20 each or $35 per family and allows participation in all Arboretum classes and events until March 2019. More at www.evergreenarboretum.com.
Monte Cristo Awards: Get inspired, cheer on your neighbors and enjoy an evening of neighborhood and city pride Oct. 12 at Snohomish County PUD Auditorium, 2320 California St., Everett. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for light refreshments and live music. The ceremony starts at 7 p.m. Free. Award categories are Green Gardening, for homeowners who have implemented natural or green gardening practices; Neighborhood Friendly Business, for overall visual quality from the street view; Pride of the Neighborhood, for homes and yards that consistently look their best; and Rejuvenation and Transformation, for residential properties that have been transformed by the owners to be a visual asset. The Marian Krell Award honors a prior Monte Cristo award recipient who has excelled in the maintenance of their property over several years’ time. More at https://everettwa.gov/340/Monte-Cristo-Awards.
Get mushy: Snohomish County Mycological Society’s annual wild mushroom show is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 15, Floral Hall in Forest Park, 802 E. Mukilteo Blvd., Everett. Hosted with Everett Parks and Recreation, the show features mushroom displays, kits, books and videos. Learn to distinguish more than 100 different species of wild mushrooms. Bring your own mushroom samples for identification. Class on mushroom identification is at 1 p.m. The event is free, with donations accepted. More at www.scmsfungi.org.
Fun with fungi: Learn which common mushrooms are edible, which ones to avoid and how fungi interact with your trees and plants, 7 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Island County Multipurpose Center, 141 N. East Camano Drive. Talk by Scott Chase, Island County Shore Stewards coordinator and South Camano resident. The Camano Wildlife Habitat Project, sponsored by Friends of Camano Island Parks, hosts presentations the third Wednesday of the month. More information at www.camanowildlifehabitat.org, camanowildlifehabitat@gmail.com or 360-387-2236.
Proper pruning: Northwest Perennial Alliance talk “How to Successfully Prune Any Shrub” with Bess Bronstein, 1 p.m. Oct. 15, Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st St., Seattle. Doors open at noon for plant sale. More at http://northwesterennialalliance.org.
Putting your garden to bed: Talk by master gardener John Marsh, noon to 1 p.m. Oct. 21, Evergreen Arboretum at Arboretum, Legion Memorial Park, 145 Alverson Blvd. The talk covers what should you do this fall in order to get your garden ready for winter, which perennials to cut back, how much to mulch the garden beds and which plants should be dug up. More at www.evergreenarboretum.com.
Harvest Fest: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 21, Sky Nursery, 18528 Aurora Ave. N., Shoreline. More at http://northwestperennialalliance.org.
Everett Fall Home Show: Oct. 27, 28 and 29, Xfinity Arena, Everett. Hours are noon to 7 p.m. Oct. 27, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 28 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 29. More at www.everettgiftshow.com.
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