Home & Garden Calendar

Home & Garden calendar plantasia flower garden workshops Best Plants for Northwest Landscapes, 9:30 a.m., Saturday; Herb Gardening, 6 p.m., May 31; Creating a Container Fountain, 10 a.m., June 9; Perennial Gardening, 9:30 a.m., July 21, at Plantasia Flower Garden, 3938 88th Ave. S.E., Olympia. Register by calling Tumwater Parks & Recreation, 360-754-4160.

Herb spirals are beautiful and ecologically brainy

Herb spirals aren’t just another pretty space.

Gardening calendar

For gardeners and other plant-lovers, here’s a sampling of regional events: Bucks County Designer House & Gardens Premier designers & landscapers revitalize an 1850s Dutch Colonial house, barn & pool into a timeless Bucks County estate. Bucks County Designer House & Gardens, 3864 Spring Valley Rd., Doylestown; Reservations recommended: 215-345-2191. www.buckscountydesignerhouse.org/. $20-$25 ...

Create an herb spiral and put a twist in your garden

Herb spirals aren’t just another pretty space. The snail-shaped herb gardens create attractive focal points in gardens, to be sure. But these beauties have brains.

Mark Cullen on 2012's flowers of the year

Canada AM gardening expert Mark Cullen looks at 2012's award-winning flowers.