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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 …

Free

Mesa Arts Center’s Artmaking Workshop

Multidisciplinary visual and performance artist Katharine Simpson will lead participants in creating small pieces out of different textiles to contribute to the Water=Life installation. Participants are invited to drop-in and come and go during the session.

Free

Peoria’s free landscape workshop: History of the Sonoran Desert

The Sonoran Desert holds many wonders of an extreme environment and the life that lives in it. This program will introduce the flora and fauna of the Sonoran Desert. This program will explores the special adaptations of desert animals and plants. Registration begins August 1st!

Free

Surprise’s free landscape workshop: Smart controllers

Did you recently install a smart controller for your irrigation system? Are you considering purchasing a smart controller in the near future? This class is intended to teach you best-practices for utilizing the features of your smart controller in order to gain the water-saving benefits you deserve.

free

Peoria’s free landscape workshop: The dirt on desert composting made easy

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Did you know that approximately 21% of all municipal waste is food? Composting is the ‘black gold’ essential to successful gardening. Compost improves soil texture and adds necessary nutrients. Discover how easy it is to produce your own magical soil amendment and save space in our landfills. Participants will receive a free food waste container for your kitchen. Registration begins …

Free

Scottsdale’s free landscape workshop: Plant something and attract birds (and people)!

No one likes going hungry—especially not the birds visiting your yard! Learn how and why native plants are critical to wildlife… and how to select the right plant for the right place. Discover Audubon's new search-able database of nearly 3,000 native plants and trees and unlock the potential of your yard to be beautiful, low maintenance and bird friendly!

Free

Scottsdale’s free landscape workshop: Plant something and nourish it with rainwater harvesting

An expert from Watershed Management Group will teach you 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. Learn how these practices will slow the flow of the water, spread it across the areas where it's needed, …

Free

Peoria’s free landscape workshop: Container gardening in the desert southwest

If you have limited space, poor soil, or problems with pests, container gardening may be an alternative to planting directly in the ground. Explore different types of planting containers, what types of plants to grow, and caring for container plants. Registration opens August 1st!

Free