Caring for Your Desert Garden – This class will shed light on the misconceptions and malpractices commonly associated with desert gardening. It's important to know how to care for your landscape after you've selected the right plants and installed them correctly. Proper techniques for watering, fertilizing, pruning, and other maintenance will also be addressed.

Permaculture: The Nature of Design – Learn how to design or renovate your landscape by working with natural systems. Beside the basics on how to use rain water to improve plant health, how to use passive solar techniques to reduce your indoor cooling costs, this class also includes a hands-on mapping exercise with an assessment of your specific property. This …

Drip Irrigation Design & Installation – Simple things you need to know! Learn from an expert how to lay out and install a drip system in your yard and get tips that will make it efficient and easy to maintain.

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. You may even be eligible for a rebate of up to $3,000! Register online at http://www.chandleraz.gov

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.

Wondering about how to deal with bugs and pests in your yard or home? Learn to success-fully identify the good bugs from the bad plus eco-friendly ways to control or encourage them. Register online at http://www.chandleraz.gov/water

Maximize Landscape Watering Efficiency – Find out how you can increase watering efficiency in your yard. Is your irrigation system more than two years old? Should the trees and shrubs be watered together on the same valve?

What’s Bugging You? – Learn to successfully identify the good bugs from the bad as well as eco-friendly ways to control or encourage bugs using cultural, mechanical and biological methods. You'll also hear about odd bug behavior and our sometimes irrational responses to bugs. You can even bring samples for our experts to identify

Scottsdale Xeriscape Garden Tour – Go on a walking tour through Scottsdale’s 5.5 acre Xeriscape Garden with Bill Casenhiser, the Garden’s caretaker, and learn about beautiful, water thrifty plants that thrive in our desert environment.

Learn how to design, install and operate an efficient sprinkler system. This class will teach you properly locate and place sprinkler heads and valves. You'll also explore the latest innovations in water efficient lawn watering equipment. Register online at http://www.chandleraz.gov/water

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). Register online at http://www.chandleraz.gov/water

It’s a Party for the Planet! On Saturday, April 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. be sure to celebrate Earth Day, conservation and nature at the Phoenix Zoo. Water – Use It Wisely will be joining in on the fun once again with our fun-in-the-sun duck float trivia contest. Children young and old can test their water know-how, then …