A good number of plant lovers turned out at Everett Community College’s annual plant swap, an Earth Day event at Whitehorse Hall, on April 18. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Snohomish’s Josh Johnson slides safely to third base, tagged by an empty glove, as Snohomish beat Marysville Pilchuck 4-3 in extra innings of baseball on April 18, in Snohomish. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Silvertips head coach Kevin Constantine leads the team off the ice after falling to the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-3 in game 2 of the second round of the playoffs at Xfinity Arena on April 8. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Lake Stevens’ Camryn Dubois scores a run as Monroe’s Taylor Durant points to second base in Lake Stevens’ win over Monroe, 2-0, in a fastpitch game April 17 in Lake Stevens. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Jim Ballew, Marysville’s parks and recreation director, looks at a sign on the new Qwuloolt Waterfront Trail on April 18 in Marysville. The trail runs from Ebey Waterfront Park to the Qwuloolt Estuary. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Snohomish’s Josh Johnson beats the tag by Marysville Pilchuck catcher Jordan Luton as Snohomish wins, 4-3, in extra innings of baseball April 18 in Snohomish. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

A California buckeye (aesculus californica) sits in a basket during a plant sale at the Center for Urban Horticulture on April 9 in Seattle. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Kitty City owner John Schwartz trims Andy the cat at his cat salon in Edmonds on Feb. 1. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

A wine taster checks the aroma of the wine available at Dusty Cellars on Camano Island on Feb. 4. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Snohomish’s Eduardo Torralba-Barragan celebrates his goal — third of the first half — at Memorial Stadium in Snohomish on April 20. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)