David and Paula Dickman’s garden is among those included in this year’s Mill Creek Garden Tour, which is set for 11 a.m to 4 p.m. Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Mill Creek Garden Club)

David and Paula Dickman’s garden is among those included in this year’s Mill Creek Garden Tour, which is set for 11 a.m to 4 p.m. Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Mill Creek Garden Club)

Stroll through the gardens during these two self-guided tours

The Mill Creek Garden Tour is Saturday, and the Snohomish Garden Tour is July 30.

MILL CREEK — Stop and smell the roses and get ideas to make your lawn lavish.

Garden tours let you peek behind the garden gates of other people’s yards.

The Mill Creek Garden Tour by Mill Creek Garden Club is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Artisans will sell crafts in each garden on the self-guided tour.

Advance tickets are $20. Day-of-tour tickets are $25.

Tickets can be purchased at Town & Country Market, Mill Creek Town Center; ACE Hardware of Silver Lake, Everett; McAuliffe’s Valley Nursery, Snohomish; Molbak’s Garden + Home, Woodinville; Sky Nursery, Shoreline; and Sunnyside Nursery, Marysville.

Ticket sales and a percentage of artisan sales fully fund the club’s grants program.

For the 2022-23 year, the club awarded grants totaling $8,500 to Farmer Frog, the Mill Creek Community Food Bank and Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County.

More at millcreekgardenclub.com.

The Snohomish Garden Tour is noon to 5 p.m. July 30 with six rural gardens on a self-guided tour. Proceeds from the event help fund the downtown hanging baskets, scholarships and youth education grants.

Cost is $20.

Tickets are available online or at McAuliffe’s Valley Nursery, McDaniel’s Do it Center in Snohomish and Sunnyside Nursery.

For more information, go to www.snohomishgardenclub.com.

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