In brief
Historic house tours: The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation and Historic Seattle expand monthly public tours of two Seattle historic homes, the Stimson-Green Mansion and the H.H. Dearborn House.
Tours are 1 to 2:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month and 5:30 to 7 p.m. the fourth Mondays of June through August.
Tickets are $10. Registration required.
For information, call 206-622-6952 or visit www.historicseattle.org and www.wa-trust.org.
Northwest Design Awards competition: The Seattle Design Center is seeking entries from Northwest interior designers and architects for the Northwest Design Awards competition.
The Northwest Design Awards recognize professionals whose work has made a significant contribution to the design industry. The competition is open to individual design professionals and firms in the Pacific Northwest. Interior design projects completed since 2001 are eligible.
Projects are judged on the basis of problem solving, creativity, quality of design and beauty of the space.
Designers can enter projects in one or multiple categories.
There is a $35 fee per entry.
Deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. Sept. 7 at the Seattle Design Center management office.
For information, visit www.seattledesigncenter.com.
Festival of the ferns: The fifth annual Fronderosa Frolic is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 14 and 15 at Fancy Fronds Nursery, off U.S. 2, east of Gold Bar.
The annual festival celebrate ferns, unusual plants and art. The event will benefit the Northwest Perennial Alliance, which maintains the NPA Borders at the Bellevue Botanical Garden.
For information, call 360-793-1472 or visit www.fancyfronds.com.
Tanabata celebration: The Tanabata Festival, a Japanese star festival, celebrate the romantic legend of the annual meeting of the constellations Vega and Altair on the seventh day of the seventh month.
Karma Place Japanese Garden will celebrate Tanabata on Saturday with a Taiko drumming performance by Seattle Kokon Taiko, a Shinto blessing ceremony and traditional festivities in the Japanese Garden. In addition, a Japanese dinner will be served in the new Karma Place Gallery.
Events begin at 5 p.m. Admission is $35 per person. To attend the Taiko concert only, tickets can be purchased for $10. Reservations are required.
Karma Place Japanese Garden is at 3533 Chuckanut Drive, Bow.
For information or reservations, call 360-766-6716.
Tackiest room contest: Henkel Consumer Adhesives announces the “America’s Tackiest Room Contest” through Aug. 20.
Participants are asked to submit two to four photographs of a room in their home in need of a makeover, as well as a 100 word explanation of why their room is the tackiest in the country.
The grand-prize winner receives a complete room makeover valued at $10,000.
All qualifying entries will be posted at www.loctiteproducts.com, so visitors can participate in an informal voting poll.
To enter and for full contest rules, visit www.loctiteproducts.com.
Center for Urban Horticulture classes: The Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st St., Seattle, at the University of Washington presents courses, lectures and tours throughout the summer. Fees vary. To register, call 206-685-8033.
* Explore the arboretum by canoe, 9:30 a.m. to noon Aug. 21, $40.
* Mosaic garden art workshop, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 28, $70.
* Plant propagation and cuttings, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Sept. 8, $35.
* Finding those elusive plants, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 9, $10.
* Summer birding in Union Bay Natural Area, 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Sept. 18, $25.
* Fall garden care, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 22, $10.
* Raising chickens in the city, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 23, $10.
* Salmon-friendly gardening, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 28, $10.
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