Free landscape workshop: Container gardening

This class covers every detail of growing plants in containers. From choosing your pot, soil, watering and fertilizing. There will be demonstrations of potting techniques and examples of different containers and soil.

Free

Free Talk: Building with Earth & Mass in the Desert

Here about the timeless technology and simplicity of converting earth into efficient and durable structures. Learn how mass walls and floors modulate indoor temperatures while reducing cooling costs and improving comfort.

Free

Free landscape workshop: Controlling your controller

Learn proper watering techniques, including how to seasonally adjust your irrigation controller and conserve up to 30-50% of your total landscape watering needs. Class includes a hands-on exercise with irrigation controllers. Taught by Jonathan Manning, ISA Certified Arborist. RSVP conservation@epcor.com.

Free

The Giving Tree: Desert Tree Care Class

Drab to Fab Before

Just in time for Arbor Day, this class will cover basic tree care. Trees provide us with so many benefits, from cleaning our air to keeping us cool. Protect our leafy friends by learning about proper selection, planting and maintenance. If you are interested in attending this event please register at (623)930-3760 or greenliving@glendaleaz.com  

Free

Hydrate Your Yard

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 the flow of the water, spread it across the areas where …

Free

Hydrate Your Plants

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 bright with color, or cool off your home with shade, we've got …

Free

Hydrate Your Food

Rain tanks are like rain barrels, only upgraded: bigger, better, and your harvested rainwater lasts longer. While most rain barrels hold about 50 gallons of water, rain tanks can hold 1,000 gallons or more, capturing water from several storms and storing it for use over the course of many drier months. WMG will show you how to use rain tanks …

Free

Hydrate Your Soils

Urban yards have the potential to produce well beyond their natural productivity without needing costly store products by integrating the use of typical waste streams such as greywater, stormwater, plant trimmings, and more. You’ll learn how to assess your yard’s soil type and simple ways to effectively use typical household wastes to build soil health and promote productive urban landscapes. …

Free

Irrigation Repair and Maintenance

Drab to Fab Before

Did you know that more than 50% of a typical household’s total water use is outdoors in the landscape? In this class, an irrigation specialist will cover irrigation components, irrigation problems, and basic repairs. If you are interested in attending this event please register at (623)930-3760 or greenliving@glendaleaz.com

Free

Hydrate With Greywater

Did you know that an average household’s laundry water produces enough greywater to support a backyard fruit tree? We’ll show you how to use a laundry-to-landscape system to recycle this greywater for use in your yard to nourish plants and reduce your municipal water usage. This session will cover best practices for greywater use and will guide you to creating …

Free

Free H2O Magic Show

Free H2O Magic Show! Did you know that the water cycle continuously moves water around this great blue planet? Magician Richard Steele will amaze you with his magic and trivia about the water cycle and conservation. This program is sponsored by the Glendale Water Services Department to encourage our customers to be water wise. Seating is limited – first-come, first-served!

Free