Home & Garden Planner

This week

Tours and events

Lavender Wind Farm: 2530 Darst Road, off West Beach Road, Coupeville; 360-678-0919, www.lavenderwind.com.

An Afternoon in Provence: 1 to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 5, farm is open to public, refreshments, outdoor activities and more: $25, reservations encouraged; 360-678-0919.

Street of Dreams Luxury Home and Garden tour: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. through Aug. 19, Quinn’s Crossing; take shuttle buses from Woodinville High School, 19819 136th Ave. NE, Woodinville; tickets $18, $15 military, seniors 65 and older and children 15 and under, available at home sites or www.seattlestreetofdreams.com; 425-462-1111.

Classes

Center for Urban Horticulture: 3501 NE 41st St., Seattle; 206-543-8616, www.uwbotanicgardens.org.

Garden writing workshop, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Aug. 3; $850, presenters include garden writers C. Colston Burrell and Lucy Hardiman; no registration deadline, but classes fill quickly; 206-685-8033.

Falling Water Designs: 17516 Highway 203, Monroe; 206-909-9033,www.fallingwaterdesigns.com.

Water gardening classes, 10 a.m. Saturdays, free. Aug. 4, pond building 101.

McDaniel’s Do It Center: 510 Second St., Snohomish; 360-568-1544. w McDaniel’s Do It Center is offering free classes in decorative wall finish techniques every Saturday at 10 a.m. Call 360-568-1544 for details. Molbak’s: 13625 NE 175th St., Woodinville; 425-483-5000, www.molbaks.com.

Sedum wreath making with Karen Lamp, 10:30 a.m. to noon Aug. 8, $45; 425-398-5151 to register.

Northwest Perennial Alliance: Bellevue Botanical Garden visitors’ center, 12001 Main St., Bellevue; 425-647-6004, www.n-p-a.org.

Summer perennial care, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 2, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 12 and 26, Bellevue Botanical Garden, 12001 Main St., Bellevue; free, 425-647-6004, www.n-p-a.org.

The Salvage Studio: Classes start at 10 a.m. Saturdays. Registration with payment is required. 650 Edmonds Way, Edmonds; 425-330-5425, gardngal@usa.net, www.thesalvagestudio.com. w Rustic birdhouses, 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 4, $32.

Artist trading card swap, 3 p.m. Aug. 4, no theme, but bring 20 cards.

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 2 p.m. Wednesdays and second Saturdays through October; 206-325-4510, www.arboretumfoundation.org.

Coming up

Tours and events

Fancy Fronds Nursery: 40830 172nd St. SE, Gold Bar, 360-793-1472, www.fancyfronds.com.

Fronderosa Frolic, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 11 and 12, the eighth annual festival features ferns, garden art, plant-based crafts and more; free; carpooling recommended.

Nature Conservancy walks: 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. third Saturdays, Port Susan Bay Preserve near Stanwood; free, but call to sign up and get directions; 206-343-4345, ext. 345.

Sno-King Fuchsia Society show: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11 and 12, Country Village Shopping Center, 23718 Seventh Ave. SE, Bothell-Everett Highway; standards, bushes, shrubs, bonsai and more; free; 425-778-4913, 425-252-5772.

Summersun Nursery &Landscaping: 4100 E. College Way, Mount Vernon; 360-424-1663.

Self-guided pond walks, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 11 and 12, $15 per person, free ages 12 and under, tickets in advance or day of event; proceeds go to Skagit Valley Regional Cancer Care Center.

Classes

Falling Water Designs: 17516 SR 203, Monroe; 206-909-9033,www.fallingwaterdesigns.com.

Water gardening classes, 10 a.m. Saturdays, free. Aug. 11, water gardening in containers.

Northwest Perennial Alliance: Bellevue Botanical Garden visitors’ center, 12001 Main St., Bellevue; 425-647-6004, www.n-p-a.org.

Summer perennial care, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 12 and 26, Bellevue Botanical Garden, 12001 Main St., Bellevue; free, 425-647-6004, www.n-p-a.org.

The Salvage Studio: Classes start at 10 a.m. Saturdays. Registration with payment is required. 650 Edmonds Way, Edmonds; 425-330-5425, gardngal@usa.net, www.thesalvagestudio.com.

Sedum tool boxes, 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 18, $32.

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

Swanson’s only August class will be Container design with Wendy Welch, 11 a.m. Aug. 19.