Home & garden calendar

This week

Classes

Arlington Garden Club: “Turn Your Thumb Green” workshops, 10 to 11:30 a.m. second Saturdays in September, November, February and April, Boys &Girls Club, 18513 59th Ave. NE, Arlington; $4 nonmembers; e-mail info@arlingtongardenclub.org.

Pruning ornamental and fruit trees, plus climbing vines, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Feb. 13; guest speaker Tom Boyce; public admission $4.

Distinctive Interior Designs: Events at various locations; 425-238-3678; www.distinctiveinterior designs.net. Register and attend classes at Lake Stevens School District Educational Service Center, 12309 22nd St. NE, 425-335-1500; www.lkstevens.wednet.edu; or Marysville Library, 6120 Grove St., 360-363-8400; www.marysvillewa.gov, as noted.

Organize your life through goals and time management, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16, Lake Stevens site; $20.

Growing Groceries: Unless otherwise noted, classes are 9 a.m. to noon, second Saturdays, February through November, Bayview High School, 5611 Bayview Road, Langley; $15 per class or $120 for series; 360-341-1884; www.growinggroceries.com.

“It’s winter but I feel like gardening — what do I do?,” 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 13, Bayview High School.

Pruning your fruit trees for an abundant harvest, 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 13, Bayview Cash Store Hub, 5603 Bayview Road, Langley.

Seattle Tilth: Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle; 206-633-0451; www.seattletilth.org.

Seed-starting intensive, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 13 and 14, Good Shepherd Center’s learning garden, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle; $90 members, $99 nonmembers; register and prepay at www.seattletilth.org.

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

Fruit tree pruning and care, 1 p.m. Feb. 14.

Snohomish Community Growing Groceries Volunteer Mentors meetings: WSU Snohomish County Extension program, 600 128th St. SE, Everett; 360-333-0745; www.snohomish.wsu.edu.

Vegetable gardening 101 session, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16, Granite Falls Library, 815 E. Galena St., Granite Falls; learn the basics of starting a successful vegetable garden; details at 360-691-6087.

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

Pruning simplified, 10 a.m. Feb. 13; free but register at 425-334-2002.

Plant sales

Washington Park Arboretum: 2300 Arboretum Drive E., Seattle; 206-325-4510; www.arboretum foundation.org;http://www.arboretumÃ⅛ƒâ€šÃ&frac18. Pat Calvert Greenhouse sells arboretum collection plants 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays.

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

Master gardener “Sustainable Gardening” lecture series, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Fridays, Mukilteo Presbyterian Church social hall, 4515 84th St. SW, Mukilteo; no reservations for individual dates, but $20 payable at door if open seats remain; 425-338-2400; www.snohomish.wsu.edu. Feb. 19, Carrie Becker, “Perennials — Gardening in four-layer combinations.”

Coming up

Tours and events

Seattle Home Show: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, Feb. 20 through 28, Qwest Field Event Center, 1000 Occidental Ave. S., Seattle; $3 to $10, free under age 7; www.seattlehomeshow.com.

Classes

Center for Urban Horticulture: 3501 NE 41st St., Seattle; 206-685-8033; www.uwbotanicgardens.org.

7 p.m. Feb. 21, Botany, Bugs and the Art of Forensic Science, $10 per person at the door; or, to make reservations, call 206-685-8033 or e-mail jrobins@u.washington.edu.

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

Vegetable gardens with Bob Hart, 11 a.m. Feb. 20; $5, make reservations at 360-466-3821.

Distinctive Interior Designs: Events at various locations; 425-238-3678; www.distinctiveinteriordesigns.net. Register and attend classes at Lake Stevens School District Educational Service Center, 12309 22nd St. NE, 425-335-1500; www.lkstevens.wednet.edu; or Marysville Library, 6120 Grove St., 360-363-8400; www.marysvillewa.gov, as noted.

Color! Color! Color!, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18, Lake Stevens site; $20.

Seattle Tilth: Unless otherwise noted, classes take place at Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle; 206-633-0451; www.seattletilth.org. Class costs are listed as members, nonmembers; registration and payment required; details at 206-633-0451 or on Web site.

Starting with baby chicks, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 20, Good Shepherd Center, Room 202; $30, $40.

Seed starting clinic, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 20, St. James Annex, 9421 18th SW, Seattle; $25, $35.

All about (gardening) tools, 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 20; $25, $35.

Fruit tree pruning, 10 a.m. to noon Feb. 21; $25, $35.

Lawn to lettuce, 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 21, Wallingford neighborhood, Seattle, call 206-633-0451 for location details; $25, $35.

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

Fruit trees, 10 a.m. Feb. 20; learn how to fertilize, prune, thin and locate trees for productive fruit; free but register at 425-334-2002.