Antiques show: The inaugural Greater Northwest Antiques &Fine Art Show features more than 75 dealers showcasing antiques and fine art during a four-day show this weekend at Meydenbauer Center, 11100 NE Sixth St., Bellevue.
Some of the show’s local and nationally recognized antiques dealers specialize in antique prints, rare books, and Asian art and antiquities.
A preview is scheduled from 7 to 10 p.m. today and will benefit the Hamlin Robinson School. Cost is $25.
The Greater Northwest Antiques &Fine Art Show is open from noon to 9 p.m. Friday, noon to 8 p.m. Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Sunday and noon to 5 p.m. Monday. Admission is $10.
For information or tickets for the preview event, call 206-763-1167.
Neighborhood tours: Historic Everett presents a series of five summer neighborhood tours. Walking tours are lead by historian David Dilgard and feature a few homes open to the public.
Upcoming tours include an all city bus tour and lunch at the Monte Cristo on June 4. Reservations are required. Other tours are the Bayside/Northwest neighborhood on July 9; Lowell neighborhood on Aug. 6; Port Gardner/Rucker Hill on Sept. 10.
For information, call 425-303-0733.
Classy plant sale: The horticulture classes at Snohomish High School last days of its plant sale are 2:30 to 5 p.m. today and Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the high school, 1316 Fifth St., Snohomish.
They will have annuals, bedding plants, perennials, hanging baskets of fuchsias, geraniums, impatiens, mixed baskets and vegetable starts.
Garden party and tea: A garden party and tea to benefit South Whidbey Schools Foundation is from 2 to 4:30 p.m. June 5 at Cultus Bay Nursery, 7568 Cultus Bay Road, Clinton.
Sip tea or wine while enjoying gourmet treats in the garden.
Tickets are $25 and are tax deductible.
For information, call 360-579-2329 or 360-341-2209.
Garden classes: The Center for Urban Horticulture at the University of Washington announces its spring schedule of classes and lectures April through June.
The Center for Urban Horticulture is at 3501 NE 41st St., Seattle. Registration required.
To register or for information, call 206-685-8033.
* Container combinations, noon to 1 p.m. June 2.
* Miller Library and Green Building tour, 7 p.m. June 6.
* Landscape construction, concrete pavers, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 18, $60.
Garden tour: The public can view private gardens with panoramic views of Lake Washington and the Cascades during the Mount Baker Neighborhood Garden Tour, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., July 16.
The six gardens on the tour run the gamut from the traditional to a garden filled with rare plant specimens from around the world. Many of the gardens are open to the public for the first time, and all are within walking distance of each other.
The tour costs $15 and tickets can be purchased at the following Seattle-area businesses: City People’s, 2939 East Madison; Artemis Gallery, 3107 S Day St.; Wells-Medina, 8300 NE 24th, Medina; Ravenna Gardens, 2201 Queen Anne Ave. N.; and Julius Rosso Nursery, 6404 Ells Ave. S.
Proceeds of the tour benefit Mount Baker Ridge Viewpoint Park.
For more information, call Karen DeWinter at 206-722-7193.
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