Home & garden calendar

This week

Tours and events

The Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park: Garden fair and plant sale 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., garden tour 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., all on June 19, Third Place Commons, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. Ciscoe Morris broadcast from 10 a.m. to noon with planting demonstration from noon to 1 p.m. Tour is $12 in advance or $15 at the door; details at 206-366-3302. Tickets from Wild Birds Unlimited, Two Trading Tigers, Towne Centre Hardware and the farmers market, all in Lake Forest Park Towne Centre; plus Molbak’s; Sky Nursery; Swansons Nursery; www.secretgardensoflake forestpark.com.

Rose Festival: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 19, Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse, 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; free; rose display 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., rose clinic from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., rose garden tour at 11:30 a.m. and guest speakers, including Ciscoe Morris at 2:30 p.m.; details at 360-466-3821 and www.christiansonsnursery.com.

Classes

Distinctive Interior Designs: Events at various locations; 425-238-3678; www.distinctiveinteriordesigns.net. Registration required.

Declutter your home on a budget, 6:30 to 8 p.m. June 17, Lake Stevens Library, 1804 Main St.; free, but register at 425-334-1900.

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

Hardy fuchsia and companions, 11 a.m. June 19.

Splashy summer containers, noon June 20.

Everett Community College: 2000 Tower St., Everett; 425-388-9451; www.everettcc.edu.

Botany 113, 8:50 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in Room 134, Shuksan Hall, plus field trips July 10 and Aug. 7; $452.50 for series, register at 425-388-9451 or e-mail fschwartz@everettcc.edu by June 15. Class covers Northwest native plants.

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 are free unless otherwise noted.

Insects, the good, the bad and the beautiful, June 19.

Seattle Tilth: Class locations listed; www.seattletilth.org. Registration and payment required; details at 206-633-0451.

Summer vegetable gardening in containers, noon to 1 p.m. June 17, Victor Steinbrueck Park, 2000 Western Ave.; $5.

Dealing with summer pests, 10 a.m. to noon June 19, St. James Annex, 9421 18th SW; members $25, nonmembers $35.

Container herb gardening, 10 a.m. to noon June 20, Belltown Cottage Park, 2512 Elliott Ave.; $5.

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

Wet and wonderful water plants, 10:30 a.m. to noon June 19.

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

Drip irrigation workshop, 1 to 3:30 p.m. June 21; $20 per person or $25 for two people sharing materials; register at 425-357-6039, e-mail klchristen@cahnrs.wsu.edu, or download form at www.snohomish.wsu.edu/garden/workshops/registrationform.pdf.

Plant sales

Washington Park Arboretum: 2300 Arboretum Drive E., Seattle; 206-325-4510; www.arboretumfoundation.org;http://www.arboretumÃ⅛ƒÆ’Ã⅛†â€™Ã⅛ƒâ€ˆ Ã⅛ˆ¢Ã¢â€šˆ¬Ã¢â€žˆ¢Ã⅛ƒÆ’Ã⅛‚ˆ¢Ã⅛ƒÂˆ¢Ã⅛ˆ¢Ã¢â€šˆ¬Ã…ˆ¡Ã⅛‚ˆ¬Ã⅛ƒâ€ˆ¦Ã⅛‚ˆ¡Ã⅛ƒÆ’Ã⅛†â€™Ã⅛ƒÂˆ¢Ã⅛ˆ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚ˆ¬Ã⅛…ˆ¡Ã⅛ƒÆ’Ã⅛ˆ¢Ã¢â€šˆ¬Ã…ˆ¡Ã⅛ƒâ€šÃ&frac18. 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.

Master gardener clinics

Snohomish County Master Gardener community clinics: Various times, dates and sites; free; www.snohomish.wsu.edu.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 19 and July 3, Lake Stevens Hardware, 1904 125th Ave. NE.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through June 26, Lowe’s, 3100 196th St. SW, Lynnwood.

9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays through June 26, Emery’s Garden, 2829 164th St. SW, Lynnwood.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through June 26, Fred Meyer, 4615 196th St. SW, Lynnwood.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through June 26, University Book Store, 15311 Main St., Mill Creek.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through June 26, Haggen Food, 26603 72nd Ave. NW, Stanwood.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through June 26, Smokey Point Plant Farm, 15022 Twin Lakes Ave., Marysville.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through June 26, Lowe’s, 19393 Tjerno Place SE, Monroe.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through July 10, Lowe’s, 2505 Pacific Ave., Everett.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays through July 11, Lowe’s, 2002 132nd St., Mill Creek.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through July 17, My Garden Nursery, 17414 Bothell-Everett Highway, Mill Creek.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through July 17, Stanwood Orchard Nursery, 10521 Highway 532.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. first and third Saturdays through Aug. 7, plus Sept. 4, Arlington Hardware, 215 N. Olympic Ave.

3 to 8 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 26, Snohomish Farmers Market, First Street and Cedar Avenue.

10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturdays through Sept. 25, but not Aug. 7, log cabin on Fifth Avenue N., Edmonds.

11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 26, Everett Farmers Market, Marine View Drive.

Coming up

Tours and events

Gardening with Ciscoe radio show: Live broadcast, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 26, Swansons Nursery, 9701 15th Ave. NW, Seattle; free; 206-782-2543; www.swansonsnursery.com.

Native plants of the Kruckeberg Botanic Garden tour: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 26, 20312 15th Ave. NW, Shoreline; $10; register at 206-546-1281; www.kruckeberg.org.

Skagit Symphony’s Gardens of Note tour: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 27, features seven gardens on Samish Island; $25; 360-424-7591 for tickets, 360-848-9336 for tour details.

Snohomish County Master Gardeners Tours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 26, July 17, Aug. 17; tickets from McCollum Park Extension Office, 600 128th St. SE, Everett; or request by mail by sending a check and three postage stamps per ticket desired to SCMGF 2010 Tours, 21506 12th Ave. W., Lynnwood, WA 98036. Find details on the 15 locations and other information at www.snomgf.org and 425-338-2400.

CLASSES

Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse: 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; 360-466-3821; www.christiansonsnursery.com. Most classes are free.

Concrete cast leaf design, 1 to 4 p.m. June 26; $35.

Distinctive Interior Designs: Events at various locations; 425-238-3678; www.distinctiveinteriordesigns.net. Registration required.

Declutter and decorate, 6 to 8 p.m. June 29, city of Mukilteo administration building, 11930 Cyrus Way; $59, register at 425-267-0150.

Seattle Tilth: Unless otherwise noted, classes are at Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle; 206-633-0451; www.seattletilth.org. Registration and payment required; details at 206-633-0451.

Container herb gardening, noon to 1 p.m. June 24, Victor Steinbrueck Park, 2000 Western Ave.; $5.

Be cistern savvy, 6 to 7:30 p.m. June 24, Bradner Gardens Park, 1733 Bradner Place S.; members $18, nonmembers $25.

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

Garden tool maintenance, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. June 29; $25, or $15 for active master gardeners; register at 425-357-6039, e-mail klchristen@cahnrs.wsu.edu, or download form at www.snohomish.wsu.edu/garden/workshops/registrationform.pdf.