Big Names Dipping In Paint

Fri., May 23, 1997

By Susan English susane@spokesman.com

Seems everyone’s jumping into the paint business, from Martha Stewart to Ralph Lauren. The contemporary furnishings company Pottery Barn has joined the list with a line of interior wall paints. Colors include butter, pistachio, sky blue and lavender $12 a quart, $24 a gallon. For information, call (800) 922-5507.

Put down the trowel and go to class

The grand opening celebration hasn’t even been held at the new Tower Perennial Gardens, but the nursery has scheduled a series of workshops.

First in the series is an introduction class to rare plants, Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the nursery, located at the intersection of the Palouse Highway and Jamieson Road in Southeast Spokane.

Cost is $20, which includes a $10 certificate good toward purchases.

A class in specimen plants will be offered twice: June 3 and June 10, 7 to 8:30 p.m. ($10 fee).

Classes are limited to 10 participants.

Last chance for a look-see

The exhibit of artifacts on exhibit at Chase Gallery to commemorate National Historic Preservation Week will be up only one more week.

The artifacts and photos are from Spokane buildings that have been demolished. The exhibit - at City Hall - is open during business hours and city council meetings.

To market, to market

Plants are plentiful at the Kootenai County Farmer’s Market, which opened mid-May and will be open every Saturday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the corner of Prairie and Highway 95 north of Coeur d’Alene.

Vendors will be selling perennials, herbs, vegetable starts, native plants, trees and shrubs, as well as baked goods, candles, jams and other homerelated items.

The Farmer’s Market will also be open in the Rathdrum City Park on Tuesdays from 2:30 to 6 p.m. starting next Tuesday, and in downtown Coeur d’Alene on Wednesdays from 3:30 to 6 p.m. starting June 3.

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