Garden calendar | A listing of garden events, classes and sales.

Highlights for May 7-13

Creating and maintaining a successful butterfly garden

THU Learn some of the tricks to gardening for butterflies in this region. 7 p.m., Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 N.E. 41st St., Seattle; free (206-364-4935 or www.naba.org/chapters/nabaws).

Buds and Blooms

SAT-SUN A new spring festival that showcases three Federal Way gardens, old growth wetlands, a wildlife refuge and the Farmers Market (Saturday only). Shuttle service provided. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., five locations in Federal Way; free-$5 (253-835-6868 or www.federalway.org).

Mother's Day social

SUN Open house featuring music and a celebration of the opening of the rhododendron glen and fern grotto; 1-4 p.m., Bellevue Botanical Garden, 12001 Main St., Bellevue; free (425-451-3755 or www.bellevuebotanical.org).

Edmonds Community College plant sale

FRI Proceeds support horticulture education. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Edmonds Community College, 20000 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood; (206-546-1281 or www.msknursery.com).

Rare-plant sale

FRI-SUN 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday- Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday. MsK Rare Plant Nursery, 20312 15th Ave. N.W., Shoreline; (206-546-1281 or www.msknursery.com).

Spring native plant sale

SAT Possibly the largest and most diverse sale of Washington native plants in the area. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Bellevue Botanical Garden, 12001 Main St., Bellevue; (206-527-3210 or www.wnps.org).

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