Home & garden calendar
Published 2:37 pm Tuesday, October 19, 2010
This week
Tours and events
Harvest Fair: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23 and 24, Wight’s Home &Garden, 5026 196th St. SW, Lynnwood; coloring contest and party games for kids; free; details at 425-775-3636; www.wights.com.
Pumpkin painting for kids: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 23 and 24, Emery’s Garden, 2829 164th St. SW, Lynnwood; free; supplies provided; kids may bring smocks to cover clothing; 425-743-4555; www.emerysgarden.com.
Classes
Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse: 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; 360-466-3821; www.christiansonsnursery.com. Classes are $5 and registration is required, unless otherwise noted. Winter care for your pond, 11 a.m. Oct. 23.
Emery’s Garden: 2829 164th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-743-4555; www.emerysgarden.com. Fantastic foliage, 11 a.m. Oct. 23.
Evergreen Arboretum &Gardens: Legion Park, 145 Alverson Blvd., Everett; 425-257-8597; www.evergreenarboretum.com. Classes run from noon to 1 p.m. Saturdays and most are free. Putting your garden to bed, Oct. 23.
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 and Thursdays. Plant donations nursery offers plants from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays and second Saturdays through October.
Coming up
Tours and events
Evergreen Chrysanthemum Association show: 1 to 6 p.m. Oct. 29, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 30, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 31, Furney’s Nursery, 21215 International Blvd., Des Moines; www.ecamumclub.org; 206-878-8761, www.furneysnursery.com.
Fall berry tour: 1 p.m. Oct. 30, Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse, 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; free, but make reservations at 360-466-3821; www.christiansonsnursery.com.
Halloween costume contest: 1 p.m. Oct. 31, Emery’s Garden, 2829 164th St. SW, Lynnwood; for ages 1 to adult; free, but registration required at 425-743-4555; www.emerysgarden.com.
Classes
Emery’s Garden: 2829 164th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-743-4555; www.emerysgarden.com. Fall yard smart, 11 a.m. Oct. 30.
Wight’s Home &Garden: 5026 196th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-775-3636; www.wights.com. All classes are free. 10:30 a.m. Oct. 30, attracting winter birds to your garden.
WSU Snohomish County Extension: McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett; 425-338-2400, ext. 5500; www.snohomish.wsu.edu. 2011 master gardener training, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 6 to March 31, 2011; $150 per person for series, plus $50 to $75 online training fee. Course requires volunteer payback hours. Applications due by Oct. 31; get details at snohomish.wsu.edu/mg/garmg.htm, or by mailing a self-addressed, stamped, legal-size envelope to WSU Snohomish County Extension, McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett, WA 98208, or by visiting the office.
If you want to take the training, but would like to skip the volunteer payback hours, the fee is $600 per person, plus $50 to $75 in online training fees. See snohomish.wsu.edu/mg/hortprofessionals.htm for an application.
