“Heuchera Happening”: Dan Heims of Terra Nova Nurseries will give a “brilliant but quirky” lecture on heucheras from 5:30 to 6:15 Saturday at My Garden Nursery, 17414 Bothell-Everett Highway, Mill Creek.
The “Heuchera Happening” is scheduled for 5 to 7.
Heucheras are also known as coral bells.
Reserve as spot at the lecture by calling 425-402-1842 or online at mygardennursery.com.
International rock stardom: Everett’s Evergreen Arboretum &Gardens might soon be seeing more visitors from all over the world now that the arboretum has been approved and added to the Web site of Gardenvisit.com.
The site, which is based in England, provides people worldwide with information on selecting and visiting public and private gardens, garden designs, landscape and architecture and other plant and nursery-type information.
Go to the site at www.gardenvisit.com and look up our own Evergreen Arboretum, which is noted on the Web site for its Japanese tree grove and for conifer enthusiasts who travel far and wide to see the collection.
Evergreen Arboretum &Gardens is on the west side of Legion Park, 145 Alverson Blvd., Everett. Hours are dawn to 10 p.m. and most of the area is wheelchair accessible.
Docent-led tours are offered at 2 p.m. Saturdays through Sept. 6 and by appointment. Call 425-257-8597 or online at contactus@evergreenarboretum.com.
The buzz on pollinators: You can learn more about the birds, bees and bats that pollinate plants in a series of podcasts produced by the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign.
Information includes how to make your yard more friendly to essential pollinators.
The podcasts are available at www.pollinator.org. “The Pollinator Partnership” was released Monday; “Endangered Pollinators, Endangered Plants” was released Tuesday; “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Altitudes” was released Wednesday and “Busy Bees in the Beltway” was released today. Friday, “Managing Mini Fauna” will be available.
More pollinator podcasts are available online at www.fws.gov/pollinators.
Interest in pollinators has grown since colony collapse disorder affected honey bees in recent years. There are other indicators that pollinator species are in decline, according to the National Academy of Sciences.
From Herald staff and wire reports
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