Originally published Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Garden calendar | A listing of garden events, classes and sales.
Dates and times are subject to change. Call ahead to confirm.
April 16-22
Events/Classes
April showers bring May flowers
THU Learn the tricks for designing with late spring flowers, care techniques and creative styling for showing the flowers; preregistration required. 6:30-8:30 p.m., Floral Design Institute, 911 Western Ave., Seattle; $55 (800-819-8089 or www.floraldesigninstitute.com).
Everett Home & Garden Show
FRI-SUN Snohomish County's largest and longest running home and remodeling show features, gardening ideas, home-improvement projects, new-building/remodeling exhibits and celebrity speakers. Friday noon-6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Comcast Arena, 2000 Hewitt Ave., Everett; $6.50-$7 (www.westlakepromo.com).
Garden Design 101
SAT Learn how to create a base plan, conceptualize your space and create a framework. 1 p.m., Village Green Nursery, 10223 26th Ave. S.W., Seattle; free (206-767-7735 or www.villagegreenperennialnursery.com).
Urban herbs and vigorous veggies
SAT Learn about tried-and-true varieties and more unusual introductions, with growing tips from experts, 10 a.m., Swanson's Nursery, 9701 15th Ave. N.W., Seattle; free (206-782-2543 or www.swansonsnursery.com).
Gardening day
SAT Event features an eliminate-chaos seminar (9-10 a.m.), a live garden show broadcast by Ed Hume (10 a.m.) and Ciscoe Morris answers questions (2 p.m.), Ikea. 601 S.W. 41st St.; free (425-656-2980 or www.ikea.com).
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"I'm too busy to water" garden
SAT Discussion on xeriscape, a water-conservative approach to gardening; preregistration required, 1 p.m., DIG, 19028 Vashon Highway S.W., Vashon Island; free (206-463-5096 or www.dignursery.com).
Stuffed basket workshop
SAT Learn the basics of stuffing a basket full of flowers; preregistration required, 9 a.m.-noon, Lake Wilderness Arboretum Hoop House, 22520 S.E. 248th St., Maple Valley; free-$15, plus $30 materials fee (425-413-2572 or www.lakewildernessarboretum.org).
Get carried away with containers
SAT Workshop on spring container plantings, 11 a.m., City People's Garden Store, 2939 E. Madison, Seattle; free (206-324-0737 or www.citypeoples.com/gardenstore).
Conquer and Divide
SAT An opportunity to ask questions and get hands-on experience dividing daylilies with the experts, 10 a.m., Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden, 13735 24th Ave. S., SeaTac; free (206-391-4003 or www.highlinegarden.org).
The mystery of Japanese maples
SAT Find out about the selection, planting, pruning and care of this tree. 1 p.m., Classic Nursery, 12526 Avondale Road, Redmond; free (425-885-5678 or www.classicnursery.com).
Master Gardener plant clinic
SAT Get answers to gardening questions. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., City People's Sand Point Store, 5440 Sandpoint Way N.E., Seattle; free (http://king.wsu.edu/gardening/plantclinics.html).
Designing With Silks III
SAT Bring the tropics into a home using low-maintenance silk flowers and foliage, noon, Wights, 5026 196th St. S.W., Lynnwood; free (425-775-3636 orwww.wights.com).
Yoga for Gardeners
SAT Hourlong Kundalini session of primarily standing exercises, people can participate or observe, preregistration suggested. 10:30 a.m., Sunnyside Nursery, 3915 Sunnyside Blvd., Marysville; free (425-334-2002 or www.sunnysidenursery.net).
Planting Lively Containers
SAT 10:30 a.m.-noon, Master Gardener Demonstration Garden, 15500 S.E. 16th St. Bellevue; free (425-485-5942).
Return of the Master Gardeners
SAT (through July) Experts offer advice, bring your questions and samples, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Squak Mt. Greenhouses and Nursery, 7600 Renton-Issaquah Road S.E., Issaquah; free (425-392-1025 or www.squakmtnursery.com).
Knockout
foliage plants
SAT See what shrubs, perennials and ground covers people can add for year-round, no fuss, low-maintenance color; preregistration required, 11 a.m., Emery Garden, 2829 164th St. S.W., Lynnwood; free (425-743-4555 or www.emerysgarden.com).
Creative, colorful containers
SUN Learn how to assemble, plant and maintain spring color combinations in pots of all shapes and sizes, 1 p.m., Bainbridge Gardens, 9415 Miller Road N.E., Bainbridge Island; free (206-842-5888 or www.bainbridgegardens.com)
Master Gardener plant clinic
MON (ongoing through April) Master Gardeners answer questions, 4-8 p.m., Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 N.E. 41st Ave. N.E., Seattle; free (www.king.wsu.edu/gardening/PlantClinics.html).
Plant Sales
Container garden party
FRI-SAT Preregistration suggested, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Country Village, 23718 Bothell Everett Highway, Bothell; (425-489-3940 or www.countryvillagebothell.com).
Fuchsia sale
SAT-SUN Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Country Village, 23718 Bothell Everett Highway, Bothell; (425-788-4913 or www.countryvillagebothell.com).
Northwest Orchid Society's show and sale
SAT-SUN First spring show in years, Saturday 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Seattle Center (Northwest Rooms), 305 Harrison St., Seattle; $5 (425-257-0583 or www.nwos.org).
Puget Sound Dahlia sale
SAT Dahlia tubers available for sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Kent Memorial Park, 850 N. Central, Kent; (425-836-4487 or www.pugetsounddahlias.org).
Snohomish Garden Club sale
SAT Proceeds go to Snohomish students who continue their education in the horticulture field, 9 a.m.-noon, The Farm, 7301 Rivershore Rd.; (425-334-3881).
Club Meetings
O'Brien Garden Club
FRI Monthly meeting, open to the public, 11 a.m., Fairwood Library, 17009 140th S.E. Renton; (425-255-6236).
Rock Garden Society
FRI Slide presentation on "The Roof of the World," by Harry Jans, 7:30 p.m., Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 N.E. 41st St., Seattle; free; (425-391-5335).
Gardens
Washington Park Arboretum
SUN Guided walks of the Washington Park Arboretum, 1 p.m. first and third Sundays, 2300 Arboretum Drive E., Seattle; free (206-543-8800 CQ or www.wparboretum.org).
Volunteer Park Conservatory
Daily Rooms are kept between 72 and 80 degrees to suit the exotic bromeliads, palms, ferns and orchids, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily, 1400 E. Galer St., Seattle; free (206-684-4743 or www.volunteerparkconservatory.org)
Parsons Garden
Daily Seattle park, formerly a family garden, open daylight hours daily, Seventh Avenue West and West Highland Drive, Seattle; free (206-684-4075).
Carl S. English Jr. Garden
Daily Ornamental garden featuring a collection of exotic trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants, 6 a.m.-9 p.m. daily, Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle; free (206-783-7001).
Dunn Gardens
Daily Restored 1915 Olmsted Brothers-designed private gardens open for guided tours on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, April through October (closed August), reservations required, Seattle; $7-$10 (206-362-0933 or www.dunngardens.org).
Work parties/volunteers
Volunteer planting
FRI 10 a.m.-2 p.m., University of Washington Botanic Gardens, 3501 N.E. 41st St., Seattle; free (206-632-0352 or www.sygw.org).
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