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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Melanie Munk, Features Editor munk@heraldnet.com   Published: Thursday, May 8, 2008 Home & Garden calendar This week Tours and events Christianson's Nursery and Greenhouse: 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; 360-466-3821, www.christiansonsnursery.com. Mother's Day pot painting, 6 to 7:30 p.m. May 9; $5, designed for ages 5 to 10; reservations required. Molbak's: 13625 NE 175th St., Woodinville; 425-483-5000, www.molbaks.com. Classes are free unless otherwise noted. Ciscoe Morris radio event, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 10. Northwest Horticultural Society: Receptions are at 6:45 p.m., lectures at 7:15 p.m., $10, $5 members. Classes at NHS Hall, Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st St., Seattle; 206-527-1794, www.northwesthort.org. May 14, garden and landscape photographer Andrea Jones discusses photos from her travels. Washington Native Plant Society, Whatcom County-Koma Kulshan chapter: Fairhaven Park, 107 Chuckanut Drive, Bellingham; 360-319-6988, www.wnps.org. Backyard Habitat and native flora fair, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 10, Fairhaven Village Green, corner of Harris Avenue and 10th Street, Bellingham; free; 360-778-7100, 360-714-0781. Introductory plant walks: 1 to 3 p.m. May 10, walk along the Backyard Habitat and Padden Creek; free. Washington Park Arboretum: 2300 Arboretum Drive E., Seattle; 206-325-4510, www.arboretumfoundation.org. Mother's Day event, 1 to 4 p.m. May 11, activities for kids, gifts for moms; 206-325-4510. Classes Arlington Garden Club: Meets 10 to 11:30 a.m. second Saturdays, Boys and Girls Club, 18513 59th Ave. NE, Arlington; $2 donation requested; 360-435-8301, e-mail info@arlingtongardenclub.org, www.arlingtongardenclub.org. May 10, master gardener Carol Bello on planting in unusual containers. Evergreen Arboretum & Gardens: Within Legion Park, 145 Alverson Blvd. and Marine View Drive, Everett; 425-257-8597, www.evergreenarboretum.com. Learn how to prune hydrangeas, 10 a.m. May 10; free, rain-or-shine; students are asked to provide own gloves and pruners. McDaniel's Do It Center: 510 Second St., Snohomish; 360-568-1544. McDaniel's Do It Center offers free classes in decorative wall finish techniques at 10 a.m. every Saturday. May classes feature painted paper technique. The Salvage Studio: Classes start at 10 a.m. Saturdays. Registration with payment is required. 650 Edmonds Way, Edmonds; 425-330-5425, e-mail gardngal@usa.net, www.thesalvagestudio.com. Mosaic picture frames, $32. Swansons Nursery: Seminars and classes offered. Registration suggested. 9701 15th Ave. NW, Seattle; 206-782-2543, ext. 235, www.swansonsnursery.com. Ikebana with Megumi Schacher, 9:15 a.m. Fridays, ongoing, registration required before first class, 425-744-9751; $25 per session. Plant sales American Rhododendron Society plant sale and truss display: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 10, Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center, 16650 Highway 536, Mount Vernon; 360-659-9218. Bellevue Botanical Garden spring native plant sale: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 10, 12001 Main St., Bellevue; 206-527-3210, www.wnps.org. Features groundcovers, bulbs, shrubs, trees. Edmonds Community College: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 9, EdCC greenhouse, 20000 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood; vegetable starts, groundcovers, perennials; 425-640-1739, news.edcc.edu. Everett Garden Club: 9 a.m. until 1 or 2 p.m. May 10, corner of Evergreen Way and 52nd Street SE; 425-252-6575. Lake Stevens High School: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays, through May 17, Lake Stevens High School greenhouses, 2908 113th Ave. NE, Lake Stevens. Monroe Garden Club: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 10, East County Senior Center, 276 Sky River Parkway, Monroe; perennials, annuals, shrubs; 360-793-1829. Mother's Day flower and garden sale: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 10 and 11, Country Village, 23718 Bothell-Everett Highway, Bothell; features cut flowers, garden art; 425-483-2250, www.country villagebothell.com. Mountlake Terrace Garden Club hanging basket sale: 5 to 8 p.m. May 9, 4209 226th Place SW, Mountlake Terrace, a home residence; and 9 to 11 a.m. May 10 in the parking lot of Sorelli Pizza, 22404 44th Ave. W., Mountlake Terrace; 425-776-9147. Northwest Orchid Society: Mother's Day Blooming Orchid Sale, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 10 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 11, greenhouse area, Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st St., Seattle. Snohomish High School: 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays, through June 1, Snohomish High School greenhouse, 1316 Fifth St., Snohomish; closed May 14 through 17; sale features annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, vegetable starts; 360-563-4195. St. Hilda-St. Patrick Episcopal Church: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 10, 15224 52nd Ave. W., Edmonds; cut flowers, plants, garden art; 425-743-4655. Whittier Elementary: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 9 and 10, Whittier Elementary, 916 Oakes Ave., Everett; tomato and vegetable starts, native plant area and more.

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