GARDENING CALENDAR

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Events

Santa at Molbak’s: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays through Dec. 21. Santa will visit the store each week through Dec. 21. Also: Various Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 19, carolers will perform at the store. Molbak’s, 13625 N.E. 175th St., Woodinville. 425-483-5000.

Swansons Reindeer Festival: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily through Dec. 24. Get photos with a tame reindeer, enjoy refreshments, live music, children’s craft projects and the Holiday Train. Swansons Nursery, 9701 15th Ave. N.W., Seattle. www.swansonsnursery.com.

Garden d’Lights: 5-10 p.m. nightly through Jan. 3. Annual holiday display uses more than 500,000 lights throughout the gardens. Cost: Free; donations encouraged. Parking: $5. Bellevue Botanical Gardens, 12001 Main St., Bellevue. 425-451-3755 or www.bellevuebotanical.org.

Gardens

Bellevue Botanical Gardens: Garden includes 36 acres of perennial borders, Japanese, waterwise, ground cover and alpine rock gardens and trails through native woodland and wetland areas. Hours: Dawn-dusk daily. Visitors’ center hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: Free. 12001 Main St., Bellevue. 425-451-3755 or www.bellevuebotanical.org.

Rhododendron Park: Five-acre park features more than 500 varieties of rhododendron and azalea plants. 6910 N.E. 170 St., Kenmore. 206-296-2973.

Classes

Centerpiece class: 11 a.m. Dec. 13. Registration required. Smith and Hawken, 12200 Northup Way, Bellevue. 425-881-6775.

Wreath Making: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. daily through Dec. 14. Purchase fresh evergreens and create your own wreath on Swansons’ machines. Swansons Nursery, 9701 15th Ave. N.W., Seattle. www.swansonsnursery.com.

Volunteers

Bellevue Botanical Gardens: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 14, volunteers can help dig, pot and take home a perennial from the NPA Perennial Border. Also: Through Jan. 18, volunteers needed to help with various aspects of the annual Garden d’Lights display. Helpers needed for: through Jan. 3, greeting; Jan. 4-18, break-down. Advance registration and background check required. 425-451-3755 or bbgsoffice@bellevuebotanical.org.

Garden Clubs

Eastside Fuchsia Society: 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month. Evergreen Court Retirement Center, 900 124th Ave. N.E., Bellevue. 425-885-2107.

Green Thumb Garden Club: 7 p.m. the first Friday of the month. St. John the Baptist Church, 25810 156th Ave. S.E., Covington. 253-630-7674.

Hill ’N Dale Garden Club: 6 p.m. the first Monday of the month, September-June. Newport Way Library, 14250 S.E. Newport Way, Bellevue. 425-255-9705.

Looking for a Garden Club: Garden clubs in the East Lake Washington District welcome new members. For nearby clubs, call the membership chairman: 425-822-7275 and leave a message.

Terra Tillers Garden Club: 7 p.m. the first Monday of the month through June. Group meets in members’ homes. Call for details, location. 425-885-4889.

Totem Lake Garden Club: 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month. Visitors welcome. Fire Station No. 26, 9930 124th Ave. N.E., Kirkland. 425-822-7275.

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