This week
Tours and events
Molbak’s: 13625 NE 175th St., Woodinville; 425-483-5000, www.molbaks.com.
Holiday decorating ideas, displays of holiday lights and greenery. Store hours extend to 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, through the holidays.
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, ongoing now, rent headphones and an MP3 player loaded with audio tour information for $6 plus a $50 damage deposit.
Classes
Edmonds Community College: 20000 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood; 425-640-1739, www.edcc.edu/hort.
Various classes, Jan. 5 through March 20; immediate sign-up urged. Topics include “Pacific Northwest Land and Water Issues,” “Restoration Ecology,” “Sustainable Development,” register at 425-640-1549.
Northwest Perennial Alliance: Bellevue Botanical Garden visitors’ center, 12001 Main St., Bellevue; 425-647-6004, www.n-p-a.org.
Scholarships available for horticulture, landscape design, landscape architecture, botany, environmental science students; Jan. 15 application deadline; 425-647-6004, www.n-p-a.org, e-mail scholarships@northwestperennialalliance.org.
Swansons Nursery: Seminars and classes offered. Registration suggested. 9701 15th Ave. NW, Seattle; 206-782-2543, ext. 235, www.swansonsnursery.com. Classes are free unless otherwise noted.
Ikebana with Megumi Schacher, 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays; registration required before first class, 425-744-9751; $25 per session.
Plant sales
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
Classes
Northwest Perennial Alliance: Bellevue Botanical Garden visitors’ center, 12001 Main St., Bellevue; 425-647-6004, www.northwestperennialalliance.org.
Fall perennial care, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. first Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. second and fourth Sundays, all experience levels welcome; free.
