PHOTO OF THE WEEK: “Morning in the Garden.” In the weekly calendar we are featuring a photo that was an entry in our 2012 photo contest. The winners ran in the Dec. 22 weekend edition of Homes Gardens of the Northwest.
Events are free unless noted. Fees usually include materials; call to confirm. All area codes are 503 unless noted.
EVENTS
SATURDAY, FEB. 2
Mary’s Peak Orchid Society Annual Show and Sale: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Exhibits and judging. Receive expert advice, and bring your own orchids to be repotted for a fee. Garland Nursery, 5470 N.E. Highway 20, Corvallis; www.garlandnursery.com or 541-753-6601
Gardener’s Winter Guided Walk: 11 a.m.-noon. Garden curator Courtney Vengarick leads a walk to view blooming plants. Leach Botanical Garden, 6704 S.E. 122nd Ave.; www.leachgarden.org or 823-9503
SUNDAY, FEB. 3
Open House: 1 p.m. Kym Pokorny — garden writer for Homes Gardens of the Northwest — will review the best gardening books for kids and veggie growers as well as books that have given her insight and spurred her imagination as a Northwest gardener. Garden Fever, 3433 N.E. 24th Ave.; www.gardenfever.com or 287-3200
MONDAY, FEB. 4
Therapeutic Garden Volunteer Information Sessions: 1-2 p.m. Get information on how you can help with garden maintenance, planting projects, clerical work and other volunteer opportunities in the Legacy Health System Horticultural Therapy Program. Registration required; meeting details given at that time. Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center, 1015 N.W. 22nd Ave.; www.legacyhealth.org/gardens or 413-7012
TUESDAY, FEB. 5
Clark County Master Gardener Foundation: 7 p.m. Mark Hallenbeck on “Bees and the Trees.” CASEE Center, 11104 N.E. 149th St., Brush Prairie, Wash.; http://mgfcc.com
Washington County Master Garden Speaker Series: 7:15 p.m. Penny Durant on the challenges and rewards of growing olive trees in Oregon and pressing olives for oil. First Baptist Church, 5755 S.W. Erickson Ave., Beaverton; www.metromastergardeners.org/washington
THURSDAY, FEB. 7
Fort Vancouver Rose Society: 7 p.m. James Pestillo on old garden roses. Clark County Genealogical Society, 717 Grand Blvd., Vancouver; 360-281-7270
SATURDAY, FEB. 9
African Violet Sale: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sale, display and demonstrations. Sponsored by the Portlandia Violet Club. Portland Nursery, 9000 S.E. Division St.; 761-7861
CLASSES + DEMONSTRATIONS
SATURDAY, FEB. 2
Fruit-tree Pruning: 9-11:50 a.m. Demonstrations and practice of pruning methods for a variety of fruit trees. Home Orchard Society Arboretum, 19600 S. Molalla Ave. (north corner of Clackamas Community College campus), Oregon City; $10; http://depts.clackamas.edu/hort or 594-3292
Hidden Habitats: Nesting Birds on Your Land: 9 a.m.-noon. Learn how to take care of your land while avoiding harming birds during critical nesting periods. Sauvie Island Grange Hall, 14443 N.W. Charlton Road; www.wmswcd.org or 238-4775
Gardening for the Birds: 10 a.m. Discover what plants are essential for wild-bird food and shelter at various times of the year and learn how to get your garden certified as a backyard bird habitat. Dennis’ 7 Dees Garden Center, 10455 S.W. Butner Road, Beaverton; $5; http://tinyurl.com/cgfqn9u or 297-1058
Small Fruits and Berries: 10 a.m. Al’s Garden Center, 1220 N. Pacific Highway, Woodburn; www.als-gardencenter.com or 981-1245
Starting From Seed With Success: 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Tips and technique for indoor seed-starting, lighting and fertilizing requirements, hardening off seedlings, amending planting beds and more. Registration required at the website. Portland Nursery, 9000 S.E. Division St.; www.portlandnursery.com or 788-9000
What to Do in the Garden in February: 11 a.m. Registration required. Tsugawa Nursery, 410 E. Scott Ave., Woodland, Wash.; http://tsugawanursery.com/events.htm or 360-225-8750
Four-patch Mosaic Lap Quilt: Noon-3 p.m. Make a 33-by-38-inch quilt that could be used as a wall hanging, lap quilt or baby quilt. This is the first of three classes that complete this quilt. Registration required. Next classes are noon-3 p.m. Feb. 23 and March 2. The Wade Creek House, 664 Wade St., Estacada; $45 series; http://thewadecreekhouse.blogspot.com or 630-7556
Integrating Edibles: 1 p.m. Learn to think beyond the separate raised vegetable bed, and grow edibles throughout your garden. Portland Nursery, 5050 S.E. Stark St.; www.portlandnursery.com or 231-5050
Landscape Design Concepts: 1-2:30 p.m. Registration required at website. Portland Nursery, 9000 S.E. Division St.; www.portlandnursery.com or 788-9000
SUNDAY, FEB. 3
Planning Your Year of Vegetables: 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Learn about cool- versus warm-weather crops, keeping a garden journal, the basics of successive planting and crop rotation, and other tips for a well-planned garden. Registration required at website. Portland Nursery, 9000 S.E. Division St.; www.portlandnursery.com or 788-9000
Make Your Own Terrarium: 1 p.m. Registration required. Al’s Garden Center, 1220 N. Pacific Highway, Woodburn; $25, includes supplies; www.als-gardencenter.com or 981-1245
Naturescaping Basics: 1-5 p.m. Design a low-maintenance chemical-free landscape that conserves water and minimizes pollution while saving time, money and energy. Offered through East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District. Registration required. Tualatin Hills Nature Park, 15655 S.W. Millikan Way, Beaverton; www.emswcd.org or 222-7645
Winter Garden Design Ideas: 1 p.m. Get ideas for designing or redesigning your yard with a mix of conifers and evergreens. Registration required. Farmington Gardens, 21815 S.W. Farmington Road, Aloha; www.farmingtongardens.com or 649-4568
Winter Pruning: 1 p.m. Brent Ward explains many of the things that should (and should not) be pruned around this time, and how they should be pruned to improve structure and health. Portland Nursery, 5050 S.E. Stark St.; www.portlandnursery.com or 231-5050
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6
Urban Pest Management: 8 a.m.-4:50 p.m. Workshop covers pest control on ornamental plants. Registration required. In Gregory Forum. Clackamas Community College, 19600 S. Molalla Ave., Oregon City; $75-$85; 541-737-3541
FRIDAY, FEB. 8
Rain Gardens: 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Workshop on designing and engineering rain gardens in Clark County. Offered through the Watershed Stewards program of WSU Clark County Extension and Clark County Environmental Services Clean Water program. Registration required. Water Resources Education Center, 4600 S.E. Columbia Way, Vancouver; $15; 360-397-6060, ext. 5705
SATURDAY, FEB. 9
Naturescaping Basics: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Design a low-maintenance, chemical-free landscape that conserves water and minimizes pollution while saving time, money and energy. Offered through East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District. Registration required. Greater Gresham Baptist Church, 3848 N.E. Division St., Gresham; www.emswcd.org or 222-7645
All About Sunflowers: 10-11 a.m. Kids ages 5-10 get a tour of the Robinwood Garden kids bed, learn how sunflowers are grown and get samples of foods containing sunflower seeds. Robinwood Station, 3706 Cedaroak Drive, West Linn; $5; robinwoodgarden@gmail.com
Inviting Mason Bees to Your Garden: 11 a.m. Registration required. Tsugawa Nursery, 410 E. Scott Ave., Woodland, Wash.; http://tsugawanursery.com/events.htm or 360-225-8750
Nuts and Bolts of Landscape Design: 1-2:30 p.m. Class covers design layout, hardscaping, material selection and how to create a finished garden plan. Registration required at website. Portland Nursery, 9000 S.E. Division St.; www.portlandnursery.com or 788-9000
Working With Water: 1 p.m. Learn what it takes to integrate stormwater into your landscape with dry creekbeds and drywells, swales and other techniques. Portland Nursery, 5050 S.E. Stark St.; www.portlandnursery.com or 231-5050
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