Hydrate: Your Food Use rain tanks to support your vegetable garden 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 …

Question: Where can you find a collection of over 400 species of desert-adapted plants in the West Valley? Answer: At the Glendale Xeriscape Demonstration Garden. We’ll start off the tour with a slideshow on how the Glendale Xeriscape Garden has evolved over the past 25 years. Stay for a guided tour of the garden led by the Glendale Conservation and …

Turn waste into resources and build heathy 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 …

Join us for a series of free landscape workshops presented by the City of Phoenix Water Services Department. Learn from a Certified Water Harvesting Practitioner how to design an earth-friendly yard using simple earthworks and planting to passively cool your home. All attendees will receive helpful materials and books. Attendees will also be entered into a drawing to receive tickets …

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 …

Learn the steps to design a beautiful, Arizona-friendly yard from a Valley landscape expert. Come join us for the fantastic line-up of classes we have set-up this Spring. All classes are free and open to the public, but registration is requested. Topics this season are: Landscape Design, Container Gardening, Habitat and Native Landscaping, Desert Tree Care and Demonstration, and Irrigation Basics …

Convert our 8 inches of yearly rainfall into thousands of gallons of water to nourish your plants The Valley gets about 8 inches of rainfall per year – but do you know how many potential gallons of harvested rainwater that translates to? We’ll show how you can harvest thousands of gallons of water each year at your own home to …