Learn to Prune
Pruning promotes the beauty, strength and health of your trees and shrubs. Learn basic pruning cuts in an outdoor setting.
Free
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Basic Yard Makeovers – Chandler
Want to create your own backyard oasis? Or maybe you’d like to make your landscape more child or pet friendly. If you’ve been considering converting your yard into a colorful, fragrant, interesting living space, this class will show you the easy step-by-step methods. You may even be eligible for a rebate of up to $3,000! This workshop is free to …
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Conserving the Monarch Migration through Arizona
Monarch butterfly populations are rapidly declining, but you can help. This program will outline the easy steps to create a Monarch way station and Butterfly Garden. Presenter, Gail Morris, is a Monarch Watch Conservation Specialist, a Master Gardener and the Coordinator of the Southwest Monarch Study. Cosponsored by the Mesa Library and the Environmental & Sustainability Division. This is a SCITECH …
Free
Landscape Workshop: 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.
Free
Landscaping for Small Spaces
Are you working with a limited space that you just don't know how to handle? Learn how to create an exciting landscape with interesting, yet appropriate, plants for those small spaces. Registration is requested to reserve your seat. Please register by email at eavila@avondale.org, or by phone at 623-333-4422.
Landscape Workshop: “Smart” Irrigation Controllers
A new generation of irrigation controllers can automatically adjust your irrigation schedule based on your yard and weather conditions. Learn how this new technology can save up to 30 percent on your outdoor watering.
Free
Cooking with the Sun: The Art and Science of Solar Cookers
If you’re interested in cooking using the free energy of the sun or making delicious meals in the summer without heating up the kitchen, here’s your chance to learn all about solar cooking. Presenter, Merry Bevill, Solar Cooking Enthusiast will discuss the art and science of cooking from as well as demonstrate her favorite solar ovens and cooking techniques. NOTE: …
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Clean Water Mobile Learning Experience
The Wyland Foundation’s Clean Water Mobile Learning Experience, a 1,000 square foot interactive exhibit on wheels, will be on display at the Mesa Main Library parking lot! It is a free and innovative way to show the importance of conserving and valuing our precious water resources. Upon entering the mobile learning center, students become new recruits to the Clean Water …
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Groundcovers, Vines for your Desert Garden
An assortment of interesting groundcovers and vines can add great beauty to your garden. These plants can also keep your indoor and outdoor living spaces cooler during the summer months, among other functions. Learn which groundcovers, vines are the best choices for your desert landscape and how you can make these plants work for you. Registration is requested to reserve your seat. Please register …
Clean Water Mobile Learning Experience
The Wyland Foundation’s Clean Water Mobile Learning Experience, a 1,000 square foot interactive exhibit on wheels, will be on display at Mesa Riverview Park (on Cubs Way north of the playground)! It is a free and innovative way to show the importance of conserving and valuing our precious water resources. Upon entering the mobile learning center, students become new recruits to …
Free
One for Water 4-Miler and Family Fun Festival
The One for Water 4-Miler is a fun, local race that offers something for everyone -- a fast course, desert scenery, fabulous prizes, swag, food, and a "tank chaser" to beat a running toilet. Whether you're an intense or laid-back runner, this chip-timed, 4-mile loop run promises a unique blend of the traditional race with some distinctive moments. This 4-mile …
$25.00
Chandler Smart Landscaping
This 2-part series of classes covers the basics of designing home landscapes that create attractive, comfortable, functional and sustainable yards appropriate for our location in the Southwest. Basic design processes, how to plan for small spaces, the wide array of desert-adapted plants available, plant selection, and plant combinations and principles and techniques will be covered. The instructor will take participants …
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