Sorticulture is sort of about art and sort of about gardens.
The annual garden arts festival is set for noon to 8 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Legion Memorial Park, 145 Alverson Blvd., Everett. There’s no admission charge.
This year’s festival features more than 100 vendors selling art, plants and garden-related goodies. Find rustic furniture, trellises, birdhouses, sculpture, stepping stones and glass art. Speciality nurseries bring plants and their expertise.
Garden experts, including Ciscoe Morris, will talk plants, and bands will play live music.
Watch it all from inside the wine and beer garden.
Park for free at Everett Community College and ride Everett Transit to Legion Park. This year they’re charging 50 cents, but riders will receive an outdoor water conservation kit, while supplies last.
More info: Go online to www.ci.everett.wa.us or call 425-257-8700.
Live on the Back Porch Stage
Friday
2 to 4 p.m.
Ranger and the Re-Arrangers
Gypsy jazz and swing standards
5 to 7 p.m.
Highwater Tide
high-energy acoustic jazz, blues and originals
Saturday
Noon to 2 p.m.
Back Burner
bluegrass, swing and Americana
4 to 6 p.m.
The Senate
Rock ‘n’ roll string band
Sunday
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Real Folk
soulful folk, blues, rock and bluegrass
2 to 3:30 p.m.
Ciscoe Morris
“Fantastic Must-Have Plants” plus Q &A
Live on the West Patio
Friday
2 to 3 p.m. executive chef Larry Fontaine,
Comcast Arena culinary demonstration: fresh, local fish and vegetables
4 to 5 p.m. Sandy Milam, Sunnyside Nursery container gardening demonstration
Saturday
11 a.m. to noon Steve Smith, Sunnyside Nursery, “Smart Gardening: How to Make Gardening
More Pleasure and Less Work”
12:30 to 1 p.m. Paige Lizbeth how to make lavender lemonade
2 to 3 p.m. Russell Lowell, RDL Catering culinary demonstration: preparing and grilling fish
Sunday
11 a.m. to noon Janit Calvo, Two Green Thumbs miniature gardening demonstration
1 to 2 p.m. Mary Robson, “Thrills! Plants for Seasonal Excitement and Bird Attraction”
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