Home & Garden Calendar

  • Wednesday, November 24, 2004 9:00pm
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This week

Holiday open house: Cider, cofeee, cookies and prize drawings all day as well as a storewide sale, Dec. 1, Stadium Flowers, 37th and Broadway, Everett, 425-252-4161; 5703 Evergreen Way, Everett, 425-353-1101; 208th and Highway 99, Lynnwood, 425-774-4169.

Holiday wreath making classes: 10:30 a.m. Nov. 27, Dec. 1, 4, 11, 1:30 p.m. Nov. 28, Dec. 5, $25. Sunnyside Nursery, 3915 Sunnyside Blvd., Marysville; 425-334-2002.

Holiday arts and crafts sale: The Roeder Home’s 32nd annual holiday arts and crafts sale features works by more than 60 artists and live music, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 26 through 28, noon to 8 p.m. Nov. 29 through Dec. 1. Roeder Home, 2600 Sunset Drive, Bellingham; 360-733-6897.

Lake Forest Park garden club: Christmas wreath making, Nov. 30 at Lake Forest Park Mall lower level, $10 per wreath, $15 premade wreaths. Lake Forest Park Shopping Center, Ballinger Way and Bothell Way, Lake Forest Park; 206-364-6075.

Coming up

Emerys Garden: 2829 164th St. SW., Lynnwood. Call 425-743-4555 for more information.

* Sedum wreath demonstration, 10 a.m. Dec. 4.

* Holiday open house, 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 5.

* Design a traditional kissing ball, noon Dec. 5, $35.

* Decorate for the birds, 10 a.m. Dec. 11, noon Dec. 12.

* Holiday centerpieces, 10 a.m. Dec. 18.

* Hardy bonsai, noon Dec. 19.

Greens Galore: The Arboretum Foundation’s annual holiday sale, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 4 at Washington Park Arboretum’s Graham Visitors Center, 2300 Arboretum Drive E., Seattle; 206-543-8800.

Sky Nursery: 18528 Aurora Ave. N., Shoreline; 206-546-4851, www.skynursery.com.

* Paperwhite/poinsettia/amaryllis gift baskets, 11 a.m. Dec. 4.

Floretum Garden Club: The group meets at 11:30 for lunch, business meeting, presentations and monthly program (except March and May). Edmonds City Hall, third floor, Brackett room, 121 Fifth Ave. N., Edmonds; 425-697-3552, 425-771-6616.

* Christmas potluck luncheon, Dec. 13.

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