Veggie Gardening Basics: 10 Tips to Growing Success!
Vynnie McDaniels, expert gardener will present his favorite tips and techniques for successful vegetable gardening. It's free & easy, no registration necessary! For more information click here.
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Plant Selection for Landscaping
Choosing plants that are just right for your yard is the key to landscaping in the desert. Master Gardener Cathy Rymer will teach you basic design concepts and plant choices. Click here to register online, or call 480-312-5690 to leave your name, address, phone number and the date(s) you would like to attend.
Food Day in Phoenix
Join Phoenix chefs and food vendors for a celebration of sustainable foods in Arizona. Food samples, gardening, and sustainable living information will be waiting for you.
Free
Program Your Irrigation Controller
Take control of your landscape watering with step-by-step instructions and hands-on practice setting and adjusting the timer on your irrigation controller. Click here to register online, or call 480-312-5690 to leave your name, address, phone number and the date(s) you would like to attend.
Yard Watering & Timer Programming
Wondering about how long, how much and when to water your landscape? This class will take the mystery out of irrigation and will teach you the how, when and where of landscape watering. Participants will learn how to program an irrigation timer using actual controllers (timers). Click to register now!
Landscaping Workshop
This is one of three landscaping workshops brought to you by the City of Tempe. You will learn principles of landscape design, as well as how to convert your existing landscape to a beautiful Xeriscape. To register, please call Richard Bond at 480-350-2627.
Living with the Sun: 2013 Tour of Solar, Green and Sustainable Buildings
This annual tour is part of the National Tour of Solar and Sustainable Buildings. See Valley homes and buildings exemplifying the best in living in the desert environment - with passive and active solar and renewable energy technologies; Green buildings techniques, materials, and products; and sustainable building and site practices. This is a free, self-guided tour. For more information, click here!
Irrigation Maintenance, Troubleshooting & Repair
Get the basics on good maintenance practices, advice on problem solving and techniques you can use to keep your landscape irrigation system running smoothly. Click here to register online, or call 480-312-5690 to leave your name, address, phone number and the date(s) you would like to attend.
Vegetable Gardening Day
Come and learn about gardening in the desert by attending this free class. There are multiple class offerings at this event: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Vegetable Gardening 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Container Gardening 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Soils & Composting Registration is required. To register call 623-930-3670 or email bpatrick@glendaleaz.com. Click here for additional class information.
Living with the Sun: 2013 Tour of Solar, Green and Sustainable Buildings
This annual tour is part of the National Tour of Solar and Sustainable Buildings. See Valley homes and buildings exemplifying the best in living in the desert environment - with passive and active solar and renewable energy technologies; Green buildings techniques, materials, and products; and sustainable building and site practices. This is a free, self-guided tour. For more information, click here!
Landscaping Workshop
This is the second of three landscaping workshops brought to you by the City of Tempe. This workshop is focused on selecting plants and maintaining your xeriscape yard. To register, please call Richard Bond at 480-350-2627.
Scottsdale Xeriscape Garden Tour
Go on a walking tour (approx. 2 miles) through Scottsdale’s five and a half acre Xeriscape Garden with Bill Casenhiser, the Garden’s caretaker, and learn about beautiful water-thrifty plants that thrive in our desert environment. Click here to register online, or call 480-312-5690 to leave your name, address, phone number and the date(s) you would like to attend.