Mesa’s free landscape workshop: Desert Adaptive Plants & Foraging

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Master Gardener, Laura Ward, will discuss how to plant and care for desert adapted ground covers, shrubs, and trees in your yard for year-round color and low water use. She will also talk about foraging for native desert edibles, either in your yard or growing in the wild.

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Chandler’s free landscape workshop: Easy Irrigation Troubleshooting & Repair

Fall is a great time to tune up your drip or sprinkler irrigation system before summer arrives.  If your system is giving you trouble and you don’t know why, this class will teach you how to troubleshoot and repair it like the pros. Learn how to identify the performance robbing problems in your system and what to do about them. Classes are …

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Mesa’s free landscape workshop: Watering for the Arizona Desert

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City of Mesa staff water conservationist and horticulturist, Donna DiFrancesco, will talk about simple steps to landscape watering and programming your irrigation timer. After attending this workshop, you just may save some money on your water bill too!

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Chandler’s free landscape workshop: Irrigation Maximization

Learn how to optimize your watering system to get its efficiency back. Class is free but you must register online at: https://www.chandleraz.gov/residents/water/water-conservation/education-and-resources/landscaping-and-irrigation-workshops

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Tempe’s free landscape workshop: Irrigation Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repair

As part of the Sustainable Landscape Workshops: Irrigation Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repair: Proper maintenance is key to managing an irrigation system that keeps your plants healthy while keeping water waste and utility bills low. Learn how to troubleshoot and prevent problems with basic irrigation systems, including drip, sprinkler, and bubbler systems. Instructor: Jeff Lee. Saturday, May 18, 2019 from 2-4:30pm at …

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Scottsdale’s free Green Building Lecture Series

Cutting Edge Residential & Commercial Green High-Performance Buildings What are the technological trends and building prototypes for the 21st century? Who are the early adopters and market leaders? Come see and hear about successful innovative residential and commercial projects that exemplify principles of resource conservation, energy independence and healthy living.

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Hydrate Mesa: Hydrate Your Yard

Hydrate Your Yard Contour your landscape to direct rainwater to your plants This session is all about WMG’s 3 “S”s: slow, spread, and sink. Learn how to use passive rainwater harvesting to create a series of berms, basins, and swales that will direct rainwater to beneficial use for plants while reducing flooding and erosion in your yard. These practices will slow …

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Hydrate Mesa: Hydrate Your Plants

Hydrate Your Plants Create a beautiful landscape with native plants and trees How can you create a beautiful, lush landscape while conserving water? We'll show you how to select native plants to build wildlife habitat, shade your home, and create an appealing landscape for your yard. If you're looking for the best trees and plants to attract hummingbirds and butterflies, bloom …

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