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, 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.
Classes
Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse: 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; register at 360-466-3821; www.christiansonsnursery.com. Most classes are free.
n Hypertufa troughs, 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 15; $35; register at 360-466-3821.
Sky Nursery: 18528 Aurora Ave. N., Shoreline; 206-546-4851; www.skynursery.com. Seminars are free.
n 1 p.m. Aug. 15, the missing link in organic gardening.
Snohomish Community Growing Groceries Volunteer Mentors meetings: WSU Snohomish County Extension program, 600 128th St. SE, Everett; 360-333-0745; www.snohomish.wsu.edu.
n 10 to 11:30 a.m. Aug. 15 (rescheduled from Aug. 8), Community Room, Arlington Boys and Girls Club, 18513 59th Ave. NE, Arlington; 10 a.m. session will be followed by 11:30 a.m. to noon session on using a pressure cooker to can vegetables. Classes are free.
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. Pickling, Aug. 15, focus on canning green beans or cucumber dill pickles.
n Rain garden how-tos, choose 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 19 or 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 23; $20 per person or $35 for two people sharing materials; register at 425-357-6039 or get forms at snohomish.wsu.edu/ag/workshops/registrationform.pdf.
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. Arboretum’s plant donations nursery offers plants from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays and second Saturdays 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 World of grasses, 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 22; $5.
Evergreen Arboretum &Gardens: Legion Park, 145 Alverson Blvd. and Marine View Drive, Everett; 425-257-8597; www.evergreenarboretum.com.
n Residential rock garden design, 10 a.m. Aug. 22, meet at Legion Park’s blue entrance columns; free.
Sky Nursery: 18528 Aurora Ave. N., Shoreline; 206-546-4851; www.skynursery.com. Seminars are free.
n Growing bountiful fall and winter vegetables, 1 p.m. Aug. 23.
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.
Snohomish County Dahlia Society: Legion Park Hall, 145 Alverson Blvd., Everett; www.scdahlias.org.
n American Dahlia Society national show, 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 22 and 23, Floral Hall, Forest Park, 802 E. Mukilteo Blvd., Everett; free.
Master gardener clinics
Various dates, times and sites; free; 425-357-6010; 425-338-2400; www.snohomish.wsu.edu.
Arlington Hardware: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 5, 215 N. Olympic Ave.
Edmonds Farmer’s Market: 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturdays through Sept. 26, 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.
Rosehill Community Center: 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Sept. 23, 304 Lincoln Ave., Mukilteo.
Snohomish Farmers Market: 3 to 8 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 27, at First and Cedar streets.
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