This week
Tours and events
Arboretum audio tours: Rent headphones and an MP3 player loaded with information and tour the grounds, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily at the arboretum, 2300 Arboretum Drive E., Seattle; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily from UW Center for Urban Horticulture, headquarters for UW Botanic Gardens, 3501 NE 41st St., Seattle; $6 plus $50 damage deposit; 206-543-8616; www.uwbotanicgardens.org.
Docent-led tours: 10 a.m. Saturdays through September, Evergreen Arboretum &Gardens, Legion Park, 145 Alverson Blvd., Everett; free; rain-or-shine; other days and times by appointment; 425-257-8597; www.evergreenarboretum.com.
Snohomish Garden Club 2009 Garden Tour: Noon to 5 p.m. July 26, features 12 local gardens; $15, available through day of event at Snohomish Library, 311 Maple Ave.; 360-568-7913; www.snohomishgardenclub.com.
Classes
Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse: 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; register at 360-466-3821; www.christiansonsnursery.com. Most classes are free.
n Living sedum wreaths, 10 a.m. to noon July 25; $35, reservations required.
n Children in the Garden nature crafts series, 10 a.m. to noon Wednesdays through July 29, for ages 5 to 10; $5 per session, call to register. July 29, Tree I.D.
Evergreen Arboretum &Gardens: Legion Park, 145 Alverson Blvd. and Marine View Drive, Everett; 425-257-8597; www.evergreenarboretum.com.
n How to distinguish conifers, 10 a.m. July 25, meet in arboretum’s Conifer Garden; free.
South Whidbey Tilth Farmers Market: Highway 525 at Thompson Road, Langley; 360-678-4168; www.southwhidbeytilth.org.
n Worm composting, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. July 25; free.
Sunnyside Nursery: 3915 Sunnyside Blvd., Marysville; 425-334-2002; www.sunnysidenursery.net.
n Create a bird sanctuary, 10:30 a.m. July 25; free, but call to register.
Plant sales
Washington Park Arboretum: 2300 Arboretum Drive E., Seattle; 206-325-4510; www.arboretumfoundation.org. Pat Calvert Greenhouse sells arboretum collection plants 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, year-round. The arboretum’s plant donations nursery offers plants from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays and second Saturdays, April through October.
Coming up
Classes
Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse: 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; register at 360-466-3821; www.christiansonsnursery.com. Most classes are free.
n Luring the hummingbirds, 11 a.m. to noon Aug. 1; $5, register at 360-466-3821.
Snohomish Community Growing Groceries Volunteer Mentors meetings: WSU Snohomish County Extension program, 600 128th St. SE, Everett; 360-333-0745; www.snohomish.wsu.edu. All classes are free.
n Stanwood group meetings, 7 to 9 p.m. third Thursdays through summer, Wild Song Nursery, 21313 36th Ave. NW, Stanwood; 360-652-5708 to reserve a space.
WSU Snohomish County Extension: McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett; 425-338-2400, ext. 5500, www.snohomish.wsu.edu.
n “Preserve the Harvest” workshops, 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. sessions (choose one each day), $25 per session, $80 for four sessions; register at 425-257-6039, e-mail klchristen@cahnrs.wsu.edu. Canning specialty items, Aug. 1, focus on jams and salsa.
Master gardener clinics
Various dates, times and sites; free; 425-357-6010; 425-338-2400; www.snohomish.wsu.edu.
Snohomish Farmers Market: 3 to 8 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 27, at First and Cedar streets.
Rosehill Community Center: 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Sept. 23, 304 Lincoln Ave., Mukilteo.
Edmonds Farmer’s Market: 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturdays through Sept. 26 (but not Aug. 8), 100 block of Fifth Ave. N. in front of Log Cabin.
Everett Farmer’s Market: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 27, on the waterfront.
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