Garden planner

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April 28-May 4

Events

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

THROUGH MONDAY Festival events throughout April, bloom dates according to Mother Nature, through Monday, hours at venues vary; brochures available at Skagit Valley Tulip Festival Office, 100 E. Montgomery St., Mount Vernon (360-428-5959 or

www.tulipfestival.org).

Depot Art Center Garden Art Fair

TODAY-SUN Display gardens, plants, garden art exhibits, along with food, wine and a marketplace for shopping, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. today and Sunday, Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave., Anacortes; free (360-293-3663).

Classes

Grow Your Own —

The Home Vegetable Garden

TODAY-SUN Learn how to improve soil, follow healthful and organic growing practices and plan your produce, 11 a.m. today and 1 p.m. Sunday, Emery's Garden, 2829 164th St. S.W., Lynnwood; free (425-743-4555 or www.emerysgarden.com).

What's New and Cool for 2007

TODAY-SUN New introductions as well as rare and unusual plants that could be great additions to the garden, 10:30 a.m. today and 11 a.m. Sunday, Wight's, 5026 196th St. S.W., Lynnwood; free (425-775-3636 or www.wights.com).

Wildflowers and Wildberries

for the Garden

SUN Tips on how to add colorful native wildflowers and wildberries to your garden, 2-3 p.m., Molbak's, 13625 N.E. 175th St., Woodinville; free (425-483-5000 or www.molbaks.com).

"My Rhody's Too Big"

SUN Find out what can and can't be done to fix an unsatisfactory rhododendron situation, 1-3 p.m., Clear Creek Nursery, 11688 Clear Creek Road, Silverdale, Kitsap County; $10 (360-308-8210 or www.clearcreeknursery.net).

Container Design

SUN An introduction to creating various designs in containers, 1 p.m., Swansons Nursery, 9701 15th Ave. N.W., Seattle; free (206-782-2543 or www.swansonsnursery.com).

Top 12 Native Plants for Wildlife Gardens

MON The Seattle Public Library and Washington Native Plant Society sponsors a discussion of local native plants, 1:30 p.m., Seattle Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle; free (206-386-4103).

Sales

Puget Sound Bonsai Association Auction

TODAY Auction featuring bonsai trees from local growers, 1-4 p.m., Jefferson Park Clubhouse, 3881 Beacon Ave., Seattle (253-858-1574 or www.psba.us).

Alderwood Garden Club

TODAY 9 a.m.-noon, Heritage Park, 19921 Poplar Way, Lynnwood (360-387-5987).

Hilltoppers Garden Club

TODAY 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Inglewood Shopping Center QFC, 14130 Juanita Drive. N.E., Bothell (206-819-8882).

East Lake Washington Audubon Society

TODAY 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, 308 Fourth Ave. S., Kirkland (425-576-8805 or www.elwas.org).

Lake Forest Park Garden Club, WSFGC

TODAY 9 a.m.-3 p.m., private residence, 5724 N.E. 190th St., Kenmore (425-486-5568).

Children's Hospital

Garden Sale

TODAY-SUN 9 a.m.-5 p.m. today and Sunday, Children's Hospital Administrative Building, 6901 Sand Point Way N.E., Seattle (425-338-0123).

Olympic View Elementary

TODAY-SUN 9 a.m.-6 p.m. today and

10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Olympic View Elementary, 504 N.E. 95th St., Seattle (206-252-5500).

Arboretum Foundation's FlorAbundance

TODAY-SUN 10 a.m.-5 p.m. today and

10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Warren G. Magnuson Park Building 27, 7400 Sand Point Way N.E., Seattle (206-325-4510).

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