Home & Garden Calendar

This week

Tours and events

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

* Tulip Festival “Art at the Schoolhouse,” 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through April 26.

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival: Daily through April 30, though blooms depend on weather; fields are in Mount Vernon; events in Burlington, Bow, Conway, La Conner, Mount Vernon and Sedro-Woolley; display gardens open 9 a.m. daily; 360-428-5959; www.tulipfestival.org.

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival boat tours: 11 a.m. to dusk daily through April 30, meet at 160 E. Cornet Bay Road, Oak Harbor; $21, $19 children and seniors; 888-909-8687; www.deceptionpasstours.com.

UW Center for Urban Horticulture, headquarters for UW Botanic Gardens: 3501 NE 41st St., Seattle; register at 206-543-8616; www.uwbotanicgardens.org.

* Audio tours, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the arboretum or 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from the Center for Urban Horticulture, rent headphones and an MP3 player loaded with audio tour information for $6 plus a $50 damage deposit.

Classes

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

* Design your own mixed hanging basket, 6 to 7:30 p.m. April 17 and 24; free, but make reservations at 360-466-3821. Participants wishing to attend both sesions must sign up for both separately; supplies are provided.

Emery’s Garden: 2829 164th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-743-4555; www.emerysgarden.com. Classes are free unless otherwise noted.

* Design and plant your own blooming hanging basket, 10 a.m. April 18, noon April 19.

Northwest Horticultural Society: Receptions are at 6:45 p.m., lectures at 7:15 p.m., $10, $5 members. Classes at NHS Hall, Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st St., Seattle; 206-527-1794; www.northwesthort.org.

* Introduction to Northwest weather with Cliff Mass, April 16; reservations required at 206-362-0933; e-mail info@dunngardens.org.

The Salvage Studio: Unless otherwise noted, classes 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays, Bountiful Home, 122 Fourth Ave. S., Edmonds; 425-330-5425; e-mail gardngal@usa.net, www.thesalvagestudio.com. Registration with payment is required.

* Tassels workshop, April 18, $40.

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.

* Growing vegetables organically, 1 to 3 p.m. April 18, Christ the King Lutheran Church, 1305 Pine Ave., Snohomish; 360-333-0745.

* 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.

Swansons Nursery: 9701 15th Ave. NW, Seattle; 206-782-2543, ext. 235; www.swansonsnursery.com. Classes are free unless otherwise noted, but registration is suggested.

* Container design for all seasons, 10 a.m. April 18.

* Tomato time, 10 a.m. April 19.

* Ikebana with Megumi Schacher, 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays; $25 per session, registration required before first class, 425-744-9751.

UW Center for Urban Horticulture, headquarters for UW Botanic Gardens: 3501 NE 41st St., Seattle; register at 206-543-8616; www.uwbotanicgardens.org.

* Practical and creative landscape design, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays through April 22, Douglas Classroom, Center for Urban Horticulture; $200 for series, register at 206-543-8616.

Wight’s Home &Garden: 5026 196th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-775-3636; www.wights.com. All classes are free.

* Herb and vegetable gardening, 11 a.m. April 18 and 19; topics include soil prep, watering techniques, plant choices.

Plant sales

Children’s Hospital: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 18 and 19, Children’s administration building, 6901 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle; perennials, annuals, trees, shrubs, ornamental grasses, groundcovers; 425-338-0123; www.seattlechildrens.org.

Seattle Dahlia Society: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 18 and 19, Country Village, 23720 Bothell-­Everett Highway, Bothell; 206-546-1522, 206-954-3336.

Sno-King Fuchsia Society: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 18 and 19, Country Village, 23720 Bothell-­Everett Highway, Bothell; hardy fuchsias, edging and garden shrubs, annuals, perennials, geran­iums, vegetables; 360-794-5469.

Mukilteo Library plant exchange: 2 p.m. April 18, 4675 Harbour Pointe Blvd., Mukilteo; bring identified plants, bulbs, groundcovers, volunteer trees to trade with others; free; 425-493-8202; form at www.sno-isle.org has guidelines.

Snohomish County Dahlia Society: 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. April 19, Legion Park Hall, 145 Alverson Blvd., Everett; 360-659-8687; www.scdahlias.org.

Washington Park Arboretum: 2300 Arboretum Drive E., Seattle; 206-325-4510; www.arboretum­foundation.org. Pat Calvert Greenhouse is selling arboretum collection plants 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, year-round.

Coming up

tours and events

Depot Arts Center: 611 R Ave., Anacortes; 360-293-3663; www.depotartscenter.org.

* Garden art fair, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 25-26, free admission, rain-or-shine event; features glass sculptures, watercolor art, ikebana and bonsai displays, floral photographs, organic garden supplies and plants.

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

* Great Trees walking tour, noon April 26; free.

My Garden: 17414 Bothell-Everett Highway, Mill Creek; 425-402-1842; www.mygardennursery.com.

* The Art of Gardening evening, 6 to 8 p.m. April 25, vegetable container gardening, fuchsia seminars, various demonstrations; food included; $10.

Wight’s Home &Garden: 5026 196th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-775-3636.

* Spring open house, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 25 and 26; free.

Plant sales

Snohomish Garden Club: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 25, The Farm, 7301 Rivershore Road, Snohomish; annuals, perennials, small trees, shrubs; 360-863-6336; broke30@comcast.net.

Arboretum Foundation: 2300 Arboretum Drive E., Seattle; 206-325-4510; www.arboretumfoundation.org.

* FlorAbundance, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 25 and 26, Building 30, Magnuson Park Special Events Center, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle; vegetables, fuchsias, native plants, ornamental trees; 206-325-4510; www.arboretumfoundation.org.

Alderwood Garden Club: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 25, Heritage Park, 19921 Poplar Way, Lynnwood; features daylillies, cyclamen, hellebores, sedums; 425-316-9344.

Snohomish County Dahlia Society: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 26, Stocker Farm, 10622 Airport Way, Snohomish; 360-659-8687; www.scdahlias.org.

Classes

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

* Summer vegetables, 10 a.m. April 25; $5, reservations required to 360-466-3821.

Emery’s Garden: 2829 164th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-743-4555, www.emerysgarden.com. Classes are free unless otherwise noted.

* The perfect planted container, 10 a.m. April 25.

My Garden: 17414 Bothell-Everett Highway, Mill Creek; 425-402-1842; www.mygardennursery.com.

* Vegetable container gardening, 11 a.m. April 26, free.

The Salvage Studio: unless otherwise noted, classes 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays, Bountiful Home, 122 Fourth Ave. S., Edmonds; 425-330-5425; e-mail gardngal@usa.net, www.thesalvagestudio.com. Registration with payment is required.

* 5 Minute/$5 Gifts — Go Green, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. April 25, PS-Stores, 515 S. Michigan St., Seattle; $10, register at 206-762-0540; www.ps-stores.com.

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.

* Vegetable gardening, 6 p.m. April 23, Granite Falls Library, 815 E. Galena St., Granite Falls; 360-333-3745.

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

* Container gardening, 10:30 a.m. April 25, $30; register at 425-334-2002.

UW Center for Urban Horticulture, headquarters for UW Botanic Gardens: 3501 NE 41st St., Seattle; register at 206-543-8616; www.uwbotanicgardens.org.

* The art of espalier, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 25, Douglas Classroom; $45, register at 206-543-8616.

Wight’s Home &Garden: 5026 196th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-775-3636; www.wights.com. All classes are free.

* Organic lawn care, 10 a.m. April 25.

WSU Extension/Beach Watchers Shore Stewards: 121 N. East Camano Drive, Camano Island; 360-387-3443, ext. 258, www.shorestewards.wsu.edu/island.

* Beach and bluff property owners’ workshop, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 25, Camano Multipurpose Center, 141 NE Camano Drive, Camano Island; topics include bluff stability basics, naturescaping for healthy back yards; gardening for wildlife; and vegetable gardening near the shoreline; free but registration required to 360-387-3443, ext. 258; e-mail shorestewards@wsu.edu.

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

* Composting and worm bins, 9 a.m. to noon and 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 28, Evergreen auditorium; choose one session; $35, register at 425-338-2400, ext. 5500.