Note: Preregistration is generally required for lectures, classes, and other hands-on activities. It’s a good idea to call in advance to save your space at a specific event.
Emery’s Garden
2829 164th SW, Lynnwood, 425-743-4555
Thu 4/20, 6:30-7:30pm: Lecture, Give Your Garden Great Bones, by Richard Hartlage, director/curator of Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Gardens. $5
Sun 4/23, 2-3pm: Class, Spring-Blooming Shrubs Your Grandmother Grew. Free
Thu 4/27, 6:30-7:30pm: Class, Plants with Great Spring Foliage. Free
Sun 4/30, 2-3pm: Class, Long-Blooming Perennials. Free
Lakewold Gardens
12317 Gravelly Lake Dr, Lakewood, 253-584-4106
Sat 4/22, 10:30am-12:30pm: Class, Summer Flowering Bulbs. $10
Sat 4/29, 10:30am-1pm: Class, Identification and Care of Trees. Bring lunch/snacks. $10
Henry Art Gallery’s ‘Splendor in the Bash’
UW Campus, 15th NE and NE 41st, 616-9894
Sat 4/22, 9pm-1am: Garden-and art-lovers converge at the Henry’s third anniversary Bash. The evening highlights the garden, with more than 200 garden-themed works of art for sale, a silent auction, a raffle, live music, food, and libations. All art costs $200. Tickets must be purchased in advance. $50/$40 Henry members; $100-$250 for special champagne preview 7-9pm.
Seattle Tilth
Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside N (unless otherwise noted), 633-0451
Sat 4/22, 11am: Demonstration, Salmon-Friendly Gardening (Blue Heron Park, Brookside Blvd and 170th NE).Free
Sat 5/13, 10am-noon: Class, Growing Hot Crops. $18/$14 Tilth members
Sat 5/13, 1-3pm: Class, Composting. $18/$14 Tilth members
Sat 5/27, 10am-noon: Class, City Chickens Workshop. $18/$14 Tilth members (see related article, p. 25)
Sat 7/8, 10am-noon: Winter Garden Planning and Propagation. $18/$14 Tilth members
Sat 7/7, 1-3pm: Soil Science Basics. $18/$14 Tilth members
Fremont Gardens
4001 Leary Wy NW, 781-8283
Tue 4/25 at 7pm: Class, Planting Containers for Drama and Impact. $20
Sat 5/6-Sun 5/7, 10am-6pm: Event, Fifth Birthday Open House. Free
Sat 6/3 at 10:30am: Workshop, Organic Amendments for the Garden. Free
Sat 6/10 at 10am: Workshop, Hypertufa Troughs. $25
Sat 6/17 at 10:30am: Workshop, An Organic Approach to Pest and Disease Control. Free
Washington State Arboretum Foundation’s Annual Spring Plant Sale
Sand Point Naval Air Station, 7400 Sand Point Wy, Bldg 30, 726-1954
4/29-4/30, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-3pm: 50 plant vendors offer natives, hardy and tender perennials, shrubs, vines, conifers, herbs, grasses, hardy fuschias, geraniums, vegetables, and annuals, while Arboretum volunteers answer gardening questions. All proceeds benefit the Arboretum. Free
