Backyard Composting

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Are you interested in turning your kitchen scraps and yard waste into compost? Copy Mother Nature’s original system of recycling organic materials into rich soil nutrients. Listen to Pam Perry, a local garden expert, talk about the tricks and tasks of home composting. Compost makes for a happy garden, which makes for a happy gardener! Win a composter, donated by …

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Mantenimiento de plantas – riego y poda

Mantenimiento de plantas – riego y poda Esta clase sera la base para entender la relación entre plantas, suelos y agua.  Dividiendo el mantenimiento de plantas del desierto en dos categorias riego y poda. Se descutira la serie de mecansimos que la planta utiliza para regular el uso de agua y como desarollar una eficiente metodología  de poda y aprender …

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Go Green and Save Green at Home

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Have you wanted to “go green” and save money at home? The City of Glendale Water Services Department and Sanitation Department staff are teaming up to share simple ways to reduce your water, energy, and household waste. Glendale residents that attend this class will receive free water- and energy- efficiency devices*, including a four-pack of compact fluorescent light bulbs and …

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Free landscape workshop: Water-wise Desert Edibles

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This class is part of the Scottsdale Library Garden Week at the Mustang Library. Water-efficient desert gardening is possible. Learn about soil preparation, plant selection and plant care for a bountiful, water-wise harvest.

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Free Talk: Solar Energy & Storage Battery Systems

Join us for a lively discussion and update on rooftop solar, distributed energy, load management, incentives and the future of photovoltaics (PV) in the Desert Southwest. Hear about the latest energy storage technologies and the city’s largest solar PV installation using battery storage to reduce peak demand.

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Landscape Design with Water in Mind

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Learn the basic principles of how to create an attractive and Arizona-friendly landscape. Get hands-on experience creating a landscape design that is tailored to your yard by incorporating sun, shade, wind, and water elements. The best landscape plans work with Mother Nature. PLEASE REGISTER AT (623)930-3760 OR GREENLIVING@GLENDALEAZ.COM

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Free landscape workshop: Vegetable gardening

Take advantage of this timely workshop to get your garden growing and learn strategies to overcome the challenges of our environment. Class will cover planting seasons and watering.

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Free landscape workshop: Set Your Water Timer

Is your irrigation controller controlling you?  High water bills?  Landscape looking bad?  Well, take control of your controller and learn how to set it correctly and change it seasonally for your particular plants and soil type. Taught by Jonathan Manning, Certified Arborist.

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Free landscape workshop: The dirt on compost

Compost is the black gold essential to successful gardening with many herbs and vegetables. Discover how easy it is to produce your own magical soil amendment and save space in our landfills.

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