Events & Workshops

Learn about our expert-led seminars & hands-on workshops scheduled for the coming months.
Most of the events are FREE, do not require registration and are held in the Events Area.

Please note: While we are a dog-friendly store, dogs are not allowed in the Events Area. Working service dogs are an exception and are always welcome. Please refer to our Pet Policy for more information. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

G & G Dogs in the Nursery

Stop and enjoy a specialty dog, brat or sausage grilled to perfection just for you by a G & G grill master.

SEMINAR: Gardening Basics for
Garden Success

Featuring Don Marshall, Lake Washington Institute of Technology Instructor and Author

Overwhelmed with your garden and don't know where to start? Don will help you understand how to create healthy soil, choose plants, transplant them successfully, fertilize if necessary and control weeds without chemicals. This class is perfect for new gardeners or those who wish to fine-tune their green thumbs. Sponsored by the Saving Water Partnership.

EXPERTS ON-SITE:
Master Gardener Plant Clinic

Bring your gardening questions - and plant samples - to the clinic and get answers from trained, WSU Master Gardeners.  Ask about plant selection; diseases and treatments; pest controls and prevention; and more.

SEMINAR & BOOK SIGNING:
Herbs –  The Essential & The Unusual

Featuring Colin McCrate, Author of the New Book: Food Grown Right, In Your Backyard, and Co-Founder of Seattle Urban Farm Co.

Which herbs are easy to grow in your backyard? In containers?  On your windowsill? Colin will discuss the top essential culinary herbs and how to care for them organically, recommend varieties to ensure your success, and inspire you to try some more unusual herbs as well.  Book signing to follow.

EVENT:  Ciscoe Live!
Gardening with Ciscoe, Live Broadcast,
97.3 KIRO FM

Featuring Ciscoe Morris, Gardening Expert, Author and TV/Radio Personality

Come join the fun! Ciscoe will be broadcasting live from the nursery and you’re invited. Prizes and surprises abound! Be sure to bring your questions. Sponsored by Kellogg Garden Products. 

SEMINAR: Lavender in the Garden

Featuring Sue Goetz, The Creative Gardener and Author of In Love with Lavender

This fragrant and versatile evergreen herb can be enjoyed year-round as a landscape plant or harvested for a myriad of uses.  Learn the secrets to successfully growing, pruning, and harvesting this beloved plant while discovering which cultivars are great for color in the landscape, cutting gardens, cooking and baking, or crafts.  

SEMINAR & BOOK SIGNING:
Maximum Harvest; Minimum Effort

Featuring Willi Galloway, Freelance Writer, Creator of Digginfood.com, and Author of the New Book:  Grow. Cook. Eat: A Food-Lover’s Guide to Vegetable Gardening

Follow a few simple rules and you can spend less time maintaining a healthy, productive vegetable garden, and more time enjoying it. Join Willi as she shares practical strategies for preventing problems with pests and disease; discusses how to properly fertilize vegetables; gives tips on harvesting at the peak of flavor; and explains how to keep your garden producing well into fall. Be sure to bring your most pressing vegetable-growing questions!  Book signing to follow.

WORKSHOP:  Garden Photo Magic – Master Your Point-and-Shoot and Create Striking Images

Featuring David Perry, www.davidperryphoto.com/blog/ professional photographer and Photographer for the new book The 50 Mile Bouquet: Seasonal, Local and Sustainable Flowers

Join David for this dynamic workshop full of laughter, picture-taking, and proven tips and techniques. Learn how to snap amazing images using a point-and-shoot camera, or, yes, even your cell phone. Train your eye to see a story in every picture and to tell that story in the most imaginative way possible. This 2-hour workshop includes a slide show presentation, an in-store garden shoot and David’s personal review of your photos. A minimum of 10 participants is required, with space limited to 16. The workshop is also offered 7/21, 10am-12pm.

MEET THE CHEF: Grilled Salmon and Salsa
Demo & Tasting at the Garden Café

Featuring Renowned Local Chef Russell Lowell, Executive Chef and Owner of Molbak’s Garden Café, Russell’s, and Russell Lowell Catering

Join Chef Russell as he demonstrates and offers pointers on perfectly filleting and grilling a whole salmon and prepares a tasty summer salsa to complement the fish.  Attendees will be treated to a tasty sampling of Chef’s mouth-watering creation, a glass of Washington wine, and complimentary Russell’s Original Spice Blend to take home.  This is the perfect opportunity to learn from a master.

WORKSHOP:  Garden Photo Magic – Master Your Point-and-Shoot and Create Striking Images

Featuring David Perry, www.davidperryphoto.com/blog/ professional photographer and Photographer for the new book The 50 Mile Bouquet: Seasonal, Local and Sustainable Flowers

Join David for this dynamic workshop full of laughter, picture-taking, and proven tips and techniques. Learn how to snap amazing images using a point-and-shoot camera, or, yes, even your cell phone. Train your eye to see a story in every picture and to tell that story in the most imaginative way possible. This 2-hour workshop includes a slide show presentation, an in-store garden shoot and David’s personal review of your photos. A minimum of 10 participants is required, with space limited to 16.

Molbak's Garden+Home
13625 NE 175th St.
Woodinville, WA 98072
(425) 483-5000

Mon-Fri 10 AM - 6 PM
Sat 9 AM - 6 PM
Sun 10 AM - 6 PM

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