Lavender Day at Swansons!  Discover Cooking with Lavender
Sat. June 12, 10:00 am
Growing Lavender
Swansons herb expert, Rolf Hokansson shares tips from his experience and guides you through the enticing list of lavender varieties available. Whether for cooking, aromatherapy or cocktails Rolf will help you with selection and growing techniques for this favorite herb.

Sat. June 12, 11:00
Discover Lavender: Fragrance, Beauty, Flavor & Taste
Kathy Gehrt will share her knowledge about harvesting and cooking with lavender. Lavender adds color, fragrance and beauty to your garden. In the kitchen, lavender adds flavor to drinks, pastries, salads, soups and entrees. Kathy will demonstrate how to dry roast lavender to create a rustic, earthy taste that brings out the best in vegetables, salmon, halibut, chicken and beef. In addition, Kathy will demonstrate how to create lavender infusions and lavender seasoning blends.

Sun. June 6, 11:00 am
Swanson’s Nursery
New Perennials for 2010
Alex LaVilla, Swansons Perennial Buyer, will preview the new and exciting perennial introductions available this season and how these new plants make their way to the marketplace.

Sat. June 5, 10:00 am
Swanson’s Nursery
Edible Landscaping
Learn about the wide variety of edible plants available to urban gardeners and how to use them creatively in the landscape.

The 2nd Annual Edible Garden Tour will be on June 26th, from 10a-3p, so save the date! The theme this year is “Start with a Pot, or Start with your Lot!” This inspirational and educational self-guided tour will focus on East Ballard, from 65th to Market and 14th to 3rd. Right now there are still ways to get involved, and we are looking for help. First of all, looking for all types of edible gardens in that neighborhood, from fruit trees to planting strip gardens to condo gardens. Secondly, this year we want to get the word out far and wide, so publicity help is needed. To volunteer your garden or your time, please contact Catherine Darley, drdarley@naturalsleepmedicine.net or 293-2899. More information at http://groundswellnw.org