Garden calendar

Spokane roses tour - The Spokane Rose Society will hold its Roses, Roses, Roses Garden Tour on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Four gardens will be open for visits and will feature lots of different ways to show off roses and other great plants. Admission is two cans of food for Spokane’s Second Harvest Food Bank. Maps can be picked up at any of the gardens. Addresses are: 1128 E. Glass Ave., 2828 W. Euclid Ave., 3508 W. Glass Ave. and 1105 N. Bowdish.

AAUW Garden Tour - The Colville Branch of the American Association of University Women is sponsoring a scholarship fund-raising garden tour of nine gardens in the Colville, Kettle Falls and Boyds area on Saturday from 1-6 p.m. Ticket booklets with maps are $10 and available at Happy’s Hallmark, 1735 Main in Colville, or by mail to AAUW, Tour Tickets, 1884 E. Hawthorne, Colville, WA 99114. They will also be available on the day of the tour at Home Garden, 900 N. Hofsetter, Colville. For more information, call 509-684-6608.

Lavender Festival - The 2004 Pend Oreille Lavender Festival will showcase the beauty of flower gardens and rows of lavender on July 10-11 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event will also feature symphonic string quartets, gourmet food, vendors and educational booths, hands-on art for all ages, guided history tours and more. From Spokane: North on Division to Newport Highway (US2) to Highway 211, left on 211 to Highway 20, first left, right on Triangle Road, right on Kings Lake Road, left on LeClerc Road, 13 miles to Le Clerc Creek Lavenders.

Send information about garden-related events to Gardening News, Features Department, The Spokesman-Review, PO Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99201; or send items by e-mail to marybethd@spokesman.com. Please include a phone number where we can call for details, if needed. Deadline is the Tuesday before publication.