Home & garden calendar

This week

Tours and events

“Bats Night Out”: 4:30 to 6 p.m. March 14, Wildlife Habitat &Native Plant Demonstration Garden, 95 Pine St., Edmonds; free, open to all ages; help Edmonds Backyard Wildlife Habitat Project members build a bat box for the garden; 425-672-2150, 425-771-0230; www.edmondsbackyardwildlifehabitat.org.

Fecal Fest: Through March 20, send one postcard per person requesting 6×3, 6×4 or 8×4 load of compost material to Woodland Park Zoo, 601 N. 59th St., Seattle; $35 to $60 for bed loads, $4 to $14.95 for bag or bucket-size loads; pick up dates April 16 through May 2; 206-625-7007; www.zoo.org.

Spring fruit and grafting show: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 14, Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st St., Seattle; free admission; 30-minute lectures from 10:45 a.m. to 3 p.m.; 206-715-4149; www.seattlefruittreesociety.com.

Classes

Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse: 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; 360-466-3821; www.christiansonsnursery.com. Most classes are free.

The art of pruning roses, 11 a.m. March 13; $5, make reservations at 360-466-3821.

Mosaic design, 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. March 13; $35, make reservations at 360-466-3821.

Edmonds Parks &Recreation: Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St., Edmonds; 425-771-0230; www.reczone.org.

Spring gardening speaker series, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays through March 25, Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St., Edmonds; $7 per class or $20 for series; same-day sign-up allowed; no registration deadline; 425-771-0230; www.reczone.org. March 11, vegetables and herbs.

Emery’s Garden: 2829 164th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-743-4555; www.emerysgarden.com. Most classes are free.

Perennial bed cleanup, 11 a.m. March 13.

Veggies for all, 1 p.m. March 14.

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

What to plant when it’s still cold, March 13.

Pilchuck Audubon Society: Events at various locations; details at www.pilchuckaudubon.org.

Gardening for butterflies in the Puget Sound region, 7 p.m. March 12, Everett Firefighters Hall, 2411 Hewitt Ave., Everett; free; 425-252-0926.

Sky Nursery: 18528 Aurora Ave. N., Shoreline; 206-546-4851; www.skynursery.com. Seminars are free.

Worm composting made easy, 11 a.m. March 13.

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

Living wreaths, 10 a.m. March 13; $30; register at 425-334-2002.

Swansons Nursery: 9701 15th Ave. NW, Seattle; 206-782-2543; www.swansonsnursery.com. Classes are free unless otherwise noted. Registration is suggested.

Early spring vegetables, 10 a.m. March 13.

Plant sales

Northwest Horticultural Society’s spring ephemeral plant sale: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 12, NHS Hall, Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st, Seattle; 206-527-1794; www.northwesthort.org.

Coming up

master gardener CLINICs

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

Master gardener “Sustainable Gardening” series, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Fridays, Mukilteo Presbyterian Church social hall, 4515 84th St. SW, Mukilteo; $20 payable at door if space; 425-338-2400; www.snohomish.wsu.edu. March 19, Ciscoe Morris.

Classes

Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse: 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; 360-466-3821; www.christiansonsnursery.com. Classes are free unless otherwise noted.

Growing vegetables in containers, 11 a.m. March 20; $5, make reservations at 360-466-3821.

Edmonds Parks &Recreation: Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St., Edmonds; 425-771-0230; www.reczone.org.

Spring gardening speaker series, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays through March 25, Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St., Edmonds; $7 per class or $20 for series; same-day sign-up allowed; no registration deadline; 425-771-0230; www.reczone.org. March 18, container gardening.

Emery’s Garden: 2829 164th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-743-4555; www.emerysgarden.com. Most classes are free.

Lawn care, 11 a.m. March 20.

Early spring vegetables, noon March 21.

Snohomish Community Growing Groceries Volunteer Mentors meetings: WSU Snohomish County Extension program, 600 128th St. SE, Everett; 425-357-6010; www.snohomish.wsu.edu.

Vegetable gardening 101, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. March 23, Granite Falls Library, 815 E. Galena St., Granite Falls; learn the basics of starting a successful vegetable garden; details at 360-691-6087.

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

Cool-season vegetable gardening, 10 a.m. March 20; free, but register at 425-334-2002.