Home & Garden Guide | Jan. 25
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January 25, 2008 - 07:00 PM

SEDRO-WOOLLEY

Public input sought on park weed issues
North Cascades National Park Service Complex seeks public input on a proposal to implement a weed management program that controls invasive, non-native plants, restores impacted areas, and detects and prevents new infestations. The purpose of the proposal is to protect the resources and values of the North Cascades ecosystem from the adverse impacts of invasive, nonnative plants.

Comments must be postmarked or submitted online, by fax or hand delivery no later than Jan. 30. Online: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/noca (Select “Invasive Plant Management”); fax: 360-856-1934; or call 360-854-7335 for mailing instructions or information.

MOUNT VERNON

Free seminar for homebuyers Jan. 26

A free Homebuyer Seminar is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, at Skagit Public Utility District, 1415 Freeway Drive. Margaret Curry from Peoples Bank and Danya Wolf from Skagit Tradition Realty will present information about the First Time Homebuyers program and discuss zero-down loan programs, down-payment assistance, credit and budgets. Lunch will be provided. Preregistration is requested; call 360-848-7307.

TACOMA

Tickets available for Home & Garden Show

The 25th annual Tacoma Home & Garden Show is slated for Jan. 30 to Feb. 3 at the Tacoma Dome. The show will be open most days at 10 or 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. A highlight of the show, the 40-foot-high “Eiffel Tower” and “Parisian scene” sand sculpture, is scheduled for completion by mid-Saturday, Feb. 2. Tickets are available at all Puget Sound area KeyBank locations; $9 to $14, discounts available. For more information, call 253-756-2121 or visit http://www.otshows.com.

MOUNT VERNON

Espalier workshop planned at nursery

Several workshops and activities will be open to the public at Christianson’s Nursery, 15806 Best Road. Reservations are required, 360-466-3821, unless otherwise specified.
- “Espalier Techniques for Fruit Trees” (advanced pruning) at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26: Ani Gurnee will share tricks of the trade to achieve espalier fruit tree forms. $5.
- “Hearts and Flowers” from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 2: Joanne Romann will hold a two-part floral and cooking demonstration to make a terra cotta floral container and Coeur a la Créme Valentine dessert. $35.

MONROE

Greenhouse veggie workshops planned

The “Keeping It Local: Organic Greenhouse Vegetable Production” workshop series will be held at the PUD auditorium, 120 E. Fremont. Learn how to start and manage a sustainable organic vegetable greenhouse operation.

Workshops will run from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the following dates:
- Thursday, Feb. 7: Production l: Growing tomatoes and peppers.
- Tuesday, Feb 19: Production II: Growing cucurbits and other vegetable varieties.

Cost: $40 per class, $120 for all; call for other rates. Registration instructions: http://snohomish.wsu.edu/ag/workshops/registrationform.pdf, or 425-357-6024.

SEATTLE

Annual Flower and Garden show set

The 19th annual Northwest Flower and Garden Show will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20-24, at the Washington State Convention Center, 800 Convention Place. Six acres of gardens, free seminars, 350 exhibits, floral competitions and flower displays are planned. Tickets: Free to $65 at outlets listed online, http://www.gardenshow.com, or at Christianson’s Nursery in Mount Vernon, 360-466-3821.

Chartered buses to the Northwest Flower and Garden show will leave at 8:30 a.m. and return at 6 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, Feb. 20-22, at Christianson’s Nursery. Tickets: $46, will include bus ride and show; show only is $16 early bird or $19 day of the show.

Club meetings

The following garden groups welcome visitors and prospective members:

- The new Designing Women club will meet once a month, beginning Feb. 9, in the Mount Vernon area to learn through study and hands-on work about the many forms of design using plants and flowers, to have fun being creative, and to participating in flower shows and other events. Call for information or to indicate your interest by Feb. 1, 360-445-2245.
- The Upper Skagit Garden Club, also new, will meet beginning Feb. 16, in Concrete. Hands-on activities, field trips and workshops are being planned. To join, call 360-826-4848 or 360-424-8635, or visit gardencentral.org/wa/chuckanutdistrict.


* Send information about gardening seminars and events for the Garden Guide column in writing to or to P.O. Box 578, Mount Vernon, WA 98273, fax: 360-428-0400. The deadline is noon the Monday before publication.


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