Everett
Sorticulture garden festival starts today
Sorticulture, Everett’s annual garden festival, begins today and runs through Sunday.
Now in its 11th year, Sorticulture showcases Northwest-made garden furniture, water features and birdhouses as well as nurseries offering an array of plants.
Northwest garden expert Ciscoe Morris and chefs are scheduled to give gardening and cooking demonstrations. Live music is also planned.
The event is at Legion Memorial Park, 145 Alverson Blvd., from noon to 8 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The cost is free.
More info: www.enjoyeverett.org.
Lake Stevens
Scouts plan fundraiser auction and dinner
Boy Scout Troop 222 of Lake Stevens and Granite Falls is planning a silent auction and spaghetti-and-meatball dinner to raise money for the troop.
The event is 5:30 to 7 p.m. June 28 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 10120 Chapel Hill Road, Lake Stevens.
The auction is to raise money for this summer’s Boy Scout camp and for tents for the troop.
Scouts will auction off their labor for tasks such as yard work and housework. Families of the Scouts and local businesses are donating items for the auction.
More info: 425-334-5828.
Mukilteo
City dedicates $400,000 to purchase gulch land
A group of Mukilteo residents who are trying to buy a piece of land in Japanese Gulch now have a chunk of money to build on.
The Mukilteo City Council recently voted to set aside $400,000 to help the Japanese Gulch Group buy the 8.76-acre parcel on the southwest side of the gulch.
The group has two years to pay off the rest of the purchase price, which has not been revealed. The property’s listed sale price was $1.9 million before the group entered into a purchase agreement with the family who owns the land.
The Japanese Gulch Group signed the purchase agreement after a California-based company canceled plans to build an industrial park at the site.
Snohomish County
Reardon honored for art support
Arts groups are honoring Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon for his support of art projects and programs.
Reardon was named a 2008 Local Hero by the Washington State Arts Alliance.
He was nominated by the Lynnwood Arts Commission and Arts Council of Snohomish County.
The county has a “1 percent for the arts” program that is paying for sculptures at several regional parks. Reardon is scheduled to be honored July 1.
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