See garden expert Marty Wingate for free

Published 12:01 am Thursday, January 13, 2011

The Kruckeberg Botanic Garden’s annual meeting, which is free and open to the public, will feature a lecture by local garden expert Marty Wingate at 7 p.m. today at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Ave. N., Shoreline.

Wingate’s talk is “Northwest Natives at Home and Abroad: How Some of Our Beloved Plants Made It Big in Gardens Far Away.” Wingate leads international garden tours and writes about gardening in the Northwest.

Call 206-546-1281 or write <a href="
mailto:kbgf@kruckeberg.org”>kbgf@kruckeberg.org for more information. Go to www.kruckeberg.org to learn more about the gardens.

Cyclamen sale
If you’ve always wanted to add cyclamen to your yard for a splash of perennial winter color, now is the time to buy and plant them.

Bouquet Banque Nursery, a specialty nursery and grower in Marysville, is hosting its second annual sale days from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 29 and Feb. 6 at 8220 State Ave., Marysville.

See www.twigtwisters.com or call 360-659-4938 for more information.

Sarah Jackson: 425-339-3037, sjackson@heraldnet.com.