Mesa Arts Center’s SEASON KICK-OFF FESTIVAL

SEPT 13: FLOURISH: THE ART OF LIFE ON EARTH: Look closer and celebrate the incredible, fascinating world in which we live on Friday, Sept. 13, 6-10 p.m. Don’t miss this Mesa Arts Center annual Season Kickoff inspired by the exhibition opening at the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Flora & Fauna (art inspired by botanicals and animals). The free, family-friendly festival …

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Mesa Library’s Great Outdoors: The Art of Attracting Monarchs and Other Butterflies to Your Garden

Laura Miller, a Southwest Monarch Study citizen scientist and board member, will discuss how to attract Monarchs and other butterfly species to your garden. The numbers of Monarch butterflies are declining due to destruction of their natural habitat and difficulties during migration. You can help by adding native plants to your landscape or by creating Monarch way stations. Donna DiFrancesco, City of Mesa Conservation …

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Mesa Arts Center’s SRPMIC Community Garden event

Learn about traditional and contemporary agriculture and gardening techniques and their impact on water use, experience and create ceramic art and a shell pendant, enjoy hoop dancing and Native American flute playing, and explore the importance of water within the SRPMIC history and community.

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Water=Life Event

Water=Life is a comprehensive project consisting of a series of free community workshops leading up to a 9-day installation of collaborative art in Riverview Park. The culminating event is intended to look at the history and future of water in the Valley, and more specifically, to consider the numerous canals that nourished the Ancient Sonoran People who built them. Adjacent …

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Pre-Opening Of The Butterfly Garden: Help Our Garden Grow

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Stop by to get a sneak peek at our exciting and new Monarch Haven and Reading Sanctuary garden and learn about ways you can help get it ready for its grand opening on March 28. Monarch Butterfly experts, gardeners and others will be onsite and staff will be on hand to answer questions about the project vision and volunteer opportunities …

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4th Annual Sustainable Landscapes EXPO in Tucson

The 4th Annual Sustainable Landscapes EXPO in Tucson will be held on March 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This free, family-friendly event will include over 40 exhibits to increase knowledge on efficient water usage and sustainable landscaping in the Southern Arizona desert. There will be educational, hands-on, and interactive activities for adults and kids, as well as giveaways, a (free) …

Glendale Water Awareness Day

Glendale Main Library 5959 W Brown St, Glendale, Arizona

Join us for a timely discussion about the city of Glendale’s water resources, Drought Management Plan and stormwater, led by our Water Services Department. This free, family-friendly event will also include crafts for the kids, desert-wise landscape classes for the adults, water conservation resources and a plant/seed exchange. Glendale cares about the water we share! For full event schedule and …

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Glendale – Hotel Saguaro Puppet Show

Heroes Regional Park Library 6075 N. 83rd Ave., Glendale, AZ 85303 6075 N. 83rd Ave., Glendale, AZ, United States

The City of Glendale Water Services Department - Conservation and Sustainable Living Division have partnered with the Great Arizona Puppet Theater to offer a free showing of the Hotel Saguaro Puppet Show! We invite you to join us to learn about the importance of the Saguaro cactus in the Sonoran Desert. First-come, first-served. Recommended for K-3rd grade, families and tourists. …

Glendale – Hotel Saguaro Puppet Show

City of Glendale Foothills Library 19055 N. 57th Ave., Glendale, AZ, United States

The City of Glendale Water Services Department - Conservation and Sustainable Living Division have partnered with the Great Arizona Puppet Theater to offer a free showing of the Hotel Saguaro Puppet Show! We invite you to join us to learn about the importance of the Saguaro cactus in the Sonoran Desert. First-come, first-served. Recommended for K-3rd grade, families and tourists. …

Glendale – Hotel Saguaro Puppet Shows

City of Glendale Velma Teague Library 7010 N. 58th Ave., Glendale, AZ, United States

The City of Glendale Water Services Department - Conservation and Sustainable Living Division have partnered with the Great Arizona Puppet Theater to offer a free showing of the Hotel Saguaro Puppet Show! We invite you to join us to learn about the importance of the Saguaro cactus in the Sonoran Desert. First-come, first-served. Recommended for K-3rd grade, families and tourists. …