Home & Garden calendar

This week

Tours and events

Camano Holiday Home Tour: 1:30 to 5 p.m. Dec. 6, tour five homes decorated for the holidays on north Camano Island; tour is followed by a Good Time Party at Oddfellows Hall, with food, auctions and live music; tour tickets $10 per person at Snow Goose Bookstore and Scandia Cofeehouse in Stanwood, Camano Coffee Roasters and Seagrass Gallery at Terry’s Corner; maps provided upon purchase; party admission is free; 360-387-5123.

Molbak’s: 13625 NE 175th St., Woodinville; 425-483-5000, www.molbaks.com.

Holiday decorating ideas, displays of holiday lights and greenery.

The Salvage Studio: 650 Edmonds Way, Edmonds; 425-330-5425, e-mail gardngal@usa.net, www.thesalvagestudio.com.

Holiday open house, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 6, find a variety of party and gift ideas.

South Whidbey’s Bed and Breakfast Tour &Taste: Noon to 5 p.m. Dec. 7, tour various inns in Langley; tickets and details at 360-221-6765, www.langleychamb.whidbey.com.

Swansons Nursery: Seminars and classes offered. Registration suggested. 9701 15th Ave. NW, Seattle; 206-782-2543, ext. 235, www.swansonsnursery.com.

Harp recital, 2 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7.

Reindeer feeding, 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. daily, now through Dec. 24.

Holiday train viewing, daily, now through Dec. 24.

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.

Wight’s Home &Garden: 5026 196th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-775-3636. Events are free unless otherwise noted.

Dickens carolers perform, 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 6.

Readings of children’s story “Elf on the Shelf,” 1 p.m. Sundays, now through Dec. 21.

Vote for holiday theme tree now through Dec. 21.

Classes

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

The art of topiary, 10 a.m. Dec. 6; $5, reservations required; learn step-by-step instructions for building a standard indoor or tabletop Christmas tree, and get decorating ideas to make it unique.

The art of topiary, 10 a.m. Dec. 6; $5, reservations required; learn step-by-step instructions for building a standard indoor or tabletop Christmas tree, and decorating ideas.

Independent wreath-making sessions, now through Dec. 24, participants can bring own greens or use Christianson’s; reservations recommended.

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

Holiday wreath sessions, 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. daily, through Dec. 23; free class, costs for supplies; reservations appreciated for groups, not required for individuals; bring pruners and gloves if possible and dress warmly, as wreath workshop can be cold; 425-743-4555.

Kusler’s Pharmacy: 700 Ave. D, Snohomish; 360-568-7787, www.kuslers.com. Classes take place from noon to 4 p.m. Fridays, and are free; available for drop-in, no reservations required.

Dec. 5, bows and wreathmaking.

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.

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

Traditional wreath-making workshops, by appointment, daily, now through Dec. 14; $40, supplies and instruction provided, registration required at 425-334-2002.

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.

Wreath-making sessions by appointment, daily, or individual walk-ins, 1 to 4 p.m. daily, now through Dec. 14.

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

Tours and events

Snohomish Historical Society’s Christmas Parlour Tour: Noon to 4 p.m. Dec. 14, several homes, Blackman Museum, Tim Noah’s Thumbnail Theatre, all in Snohomish; maps included with tickets; $15, $10 seniors and those ages 15 and under; advance tickets from Joyworks, Kusler’s, Queen Bee, Speckled Hen, Sun Song and Weeds Variety, day-of-tour tickets from Blackman Museum and Thumbnail Theatre; 360-568-5235, 360-568-2526.

Swansons Nursery: Seminars and classes offered. Registration suggested. 9701 15th Ave. NW, Seattle; 206-782-2543, ext. 235, www.swansonsnursery.com.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13 and 14, guests may bring cameras for pictures with Santa.

Wight’s Home &Garden: 5026 196th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-775-3636. Events are free unless otherwise noted.

Dickens carolers perform, 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 13.

Classes

Arlington Garden Club: Regular meetings are 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. second Mondays, Boys and Girls Club, 18513 59th Ave. NE, Arlington; $2 donation requested; 360-435-8301, e-mail events@arlingtongardenclub.org.

Dec. 13, holiday wreaths.

Kusler’s Pharmacy: 700 Ave. D, Snohomish; 360-568-7787, www.kuslers.com. Classes take place from noon to 4 p.m. Fridays, and are free; available for drop-in, no reservations required.

Dec. 12, sparkling holiday tables.

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.

Swansons Nursery: Seminars and classes offered. Registration suggested. 9701 15th Ave. NW, Seattle; 206-782-2543, ext. 235, www.swansonsnursery.com.

10 a.m. to noon Saturday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13 and 14, children’s tree decorating workshop; $14.95, tree and decorations provided.