Hua Yuan Chinese Floral Art Exhibition, 10:00am - 4:00pm, at the Bellevue Botanical Garden.

• The Puget Sound Gesneriad Society and the Seattle African Violet Society Annual Show and Plant Sale, noon to 4:30 PM Saturday only, at the Center for Urban Horticulture. Info, 206-328-0072.
• FlorAbundance, the region’s largest plant sale. 10 AM to 5 PM Saturday, 10 to 3 on Sunday, at Warren G. Magnuson Park. For more information call 205-325-4510.
• Olympic View Elementary School PTA plant Sale, 9 AM–6 PM Saturday, 10 to 4 Sunday. At 504 NE 95th St. in Seattle, just SE of Northgate Mall. Info, 206-252-5500.
• Hilltoppers Garden Club Annual Plant Sale 9 AM–3 PM, Saturday only, at the QFC lot at Inglewood Shopping Center, 14130 Juanita Drive NE in Bothell. Call Doris 206-819-8882 for info.
• Lake Forest Park Garden Club annual Spring Plant Sale, 9 AM–2 PM Saturday only, at Lake Forest Park Elementary School, 18500 37th Ave. NE in LFP.

• DIG Floral and Garden, Vashon: April 29, 1 p.m. -- Rock Walls. Registration required. No fee.
• The Barn, Olympia: April 28, 11 AM -- Container Gardening; 2 PM -- Butterfly & Hummingbird Gardens. April 29, 1 PM -- Organic Fertilizers; 2:30 PM -- Going Native. No fee. Info: 360-943-2826.
• Clear Creek Nursery, Silverdale: April 28, 10 AM -- Growing Lavender for Fun and Profit. $10, preregister: 360-308-8210.
• Gray Barn Nursery, Redmond: April 28 -- Container Planting. Information: 425-898-8217.
• King County Master Gardeners, Bellevue: April 28, 10:30 a.m. -- Growing Tomatoes. Information: Mary Osborne, 425-485-5942.

7:00 PM-8:30 PM, Tahoma Junior High School, 25600 SE Summit-Landsburg Road. "Organic Gardening That Makes Cents." Marion Owen of Kodiak, Alaska will share how organic gardening is not only easy, it saves you time, money and resources. No fee. Phone: 425-413-2572. Email: info@lakewildernesarboretum.org.

7:15 pm. Lecture by noted garden writer Valerie Easton. Call the office for reservations: 206 362 0933. Space is limited.

• Emery's Garden, Lynnwood: April 14, 11 a.m. -- Natural Lawn Care, with Gretchen Taylor. April 15, 1 p.m. -- Fertilizers 101. No fee.
• Swanson's Nursery, Seattle: April 14, 1-2:30 p.m. -- Drought-Tolerant Beauties for Dry Soil. April 15, 9:30 a.m. -- Roses; 1 p.m. -- Plants for a Sumptuous Hanging Basket Display. No fee.
• Windmill Gardens, Sumner: April 14, 10 a.m. -- Steppables at their Best and Groundcovers for Sun and Shade; no fee. 1 p.m. -- Shade-Loving Container Gardens; $45.
• Molbak's, Woodinville: April 14, 11 a.m. and April 15, 2:30 p.m. -- Spring Container Planting Workshop; register: 425-398-5151. April 14, 11 a.m. and April 15, noon -- Just for Kids: Mini-Container Planting Workshop; $5. April 14, 1 p.m. -- Year-Round Interest for Small Gardens, with Marty Wingate. April 15, 1 p.m. -- Welcoming Spring at Your Front Door, with Karen Chapman. No fee, except as noted.
• City People's Garden Store, Seattle (2939 E. Madison, 206-324-0737): April 14, 11 a.m. -- Wonderful Orchids for the Home. No fee.
  
• Bainbridge Gardens: April 14, 11 a.m. -- Northwest Newcomers. April 15, 1 p.m. -- Creative, Colorful Containers. No fee.
  
• IslandWood, Bainbridge: April 15, 1:30 p.m. -- Parenting in Nature: Green Thumbs. $5 suggested donation.
  
• DIG Floral and Garden, Vashon: April 14, 1 p.m. -- Septic Workshop: Planting Your Drainfield, with Ross Johnson and Sylvia Matlock. April 15, 1 p.m. -- Flagstone, with Ross Johnson. No fee.
• The Barn Nursery, Olympia: April 14, 1 PM -- Japanese Maples. No fee.
• King County Master Gardeners, Bellevue: April 14, 10:30 a.m. -- Planting & Caring for Roses. No fee. Information: Mary Osborne, 425-485-5942.

Beautiful Plant Picks for 2007, 12:30–2:30 PM with Linda Urbaniak, at McCollum Park in Everett. $12, 425-357-6010.

From April 10 through October 31, PowellsWood is open on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm (plus Mother's Day Weekend and the annual Fall Festival—see our Events page). Outside those times, the garden is also open by appointment.

• Swanson's Nursery, Seattle: April 7, 11 a.m. -- Bats, with Barbara Ogaard. April 8, 12:30 p.m. -- Children's program: Beatrix Potter stories. No fee.
• Windmill Gardens, Sumner: April 7, 10 a.m. -- Come Build a Moss Basket ( $55, materials incl.); 11 a.m. -- Low-Maintenance Foliage (no fee); 1 p.m. -- Planting for Your Pond and Marginals, Too (no fee).
• Squak Mountain Nursery, Issaquah: April 7, 10 a.m. -- Perennial Fever. No fee.
  
• DIG Floral and Garden, Vashon: April 7, 1 p.m. -- It's Easy Being Green, with Sara Van Fleet. April 8, 1 p.m. -- Lavender and Beyond, with Sylvia Matlock. No fee.

Tours begin April 5th at Dunn Gardens. Come early to see native Spring Ephemerals which include a unique Erythronium collection not to be seen in other public gardens, trilliums, and hepaticas.

Lakewold Gardens Open Wednesday-Sunday 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.