Water Wise Edible Gardening

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Get your garden growing in our unique desert environment. Learn how to prepare beds and select, plant and care for vegetables, herbs, fruits and citrus   for a bountiful harvest. This work shop is free, but advanced registration is required as space is limited. Visit www.chandleraz.gov/water  

Free

Does Your Garden Have a Drinking Problem?

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Efficient watering of landscape plants, lawns, and vegetable gardens conserves our water and reduces your bills. Learn tricks for maintaining healthy plants with less water from a gardening expert! Participants will receive a watering guide and free soil probe upon completion of the class.

Free

Attract Butterflies & Hummingbirds to your Garden

Hummingbirds and Butterflies to Your Yard: Residential landscapes can be great wildlife habitat. If you are interested in beautiful blooms that attract hummingbirds and butterflies, this class is for you. We’ll explore the numerous options for a colorful yard that is also water thrifty. The bonus is that you will attract nature’s pollinators. Depending on the time of year and …

Free

Pruning & Maintaining Your Landscape

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A Certified Arborist will teach you about proper plant selection, planting, staking and pruning techniques for the low desert. This work shop is free, but advanced registration is required as space is limited. Visit www.chandleraz.gov/water

Free

Basic Yard Makeover

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Transform your grass yard into outdoor living spaces that are child / pet friendly, lush Mediterranean or desert tropical, eco-compatible, or spaces for entertainment or relaxation. Chandler residents may even be eligible for a rebate of up to $3,000! This class is free but you must register as space is limited.  www.chandleraz.gov/water

Free

SRP Water Conservation Expo

Register now for SRP's 9th Annual Water Conservation Expo Where: PERA, 1 E. Continental Dr., Tempe When: Saturday, March 5, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost: Free Advanced registration required. Register Visit SRP's 9th annual Water Conservation Expo and get a Rain Bird ESP-SMTe smart irrigation controller for the purchase price of $50 plus tax (retail value $314.15).* * Model …

Free

Learn to Prune

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Pruning promotes the beauty, strength and health of your trees and shrubs. Learn basic pruning cuts in a hands-on outdoor setting from ISA Certified Arborist John Eisenhower. This popular class fills quickly so register early!

Free

Program Your Irrigation Controller

Irrigation Specialist Bill Casenhiser will help you take control of your landscape watering with step-by-step instructions. You’ll get hands-on practice setting and adjusting the time on an irrigation controller.

Free

Landscape Watering Workshop – Burton Barr Central Library

Learn how to properly water your landscape to save time and increase the health and beauty of your plants. Participants will receive a rain gauge and three publications, including Landscape Watering by the Numbers. To RSVP for class(es), e-mail tina.sleeper@phoenix.gov or call 602-534-3950. Walk-ins will be permitted to attend, but space is limited.

4th Annual Run for World Water

Give meaning to your miles by running in the 4th Annual Run for World Water 5K and helping Water for People reduce water poverty in the developing countries of Africa, Asia, Central and South America. The Run for World Water 5K is a USATF certified course and will be professionally timed by Startline Racing. Immediately following the 5K start will be …

$30 – $35

Create Your Own Oasis

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This two-class series will teach you the basics designing home landscapes that create attractive, comfortable, functional and sustainable yards appropriate for our location in the Southwest. You will learn the concepts of design, how to plan for small spaces, the desert plant palette, plant selection and plant combinations. This class is free, but you must register as space is limited.  www.chandleraz.gov/water

Free

Drip Irrigation Design & Installation

Simple things you need to know to make your drip irrigation system efficient and easy to maintain. Irrigation Specialist Jeff Lee will show you how to design and install a drip system.

Free