Surprise – Water Harvesting Landscape Design

Surprise Water Education Center 16000 N. Civic Center Plaza (north side of the Surprise City Hall Campus), Suprise, United States

Learn to assess your yard based on integrated design principles and find ways you can shape your landscape to passively harvest rainwater on site.

FREE

Glendale – Save Money, Energy, and Water at Home

Glendale Main Library 5959 W Brown St, Glendale, Arizona

Water savings are energy savings! The City of Glendale Water Services Department and the Salt River Project (SRP) are teaming up to provide residents with easy tips on how to save money, energy, and water at home while promoting comfort and livability.

Surprise – Selecting Native Plants for Multiple Benefits

Surprise Water Education Center 16000 N. Civic Center Plaza (north side of the Surprise City Hall Campus), Suprise, United States

Learn how to create a beautiful landscape that attracts pollinators while conserving water!

FREE

Surprise – Sizing and Installing Tanks

Surprise Water Education Center 16000 N. Civic Center Plaza (north side of the Surprise City Hall Campus), Suprise, United States

Get the essential information on sizing, placing, and planning for a low maintenance rainwater harvesting system that can support your vegetable and herb gardens,

FREE

Surprise – Supporting Healthy Landscapes

Surprise Water Education Center 16000 N. Civic Center Plaza (north side of the Surprise City Hall Campus), Suprise, United States

Learn the nuances of landscape maintenance that will help you ditch chemical fertilizers and high-water bills.

FREE

Surprise – Irrigating with Greywater

Surprise Water Education Center 16000 N. Civic Center Plaza (north side of the Surprise City Hall Campus), Suprise, United States

Discover 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.

FREE

Chandler – Summer of Savings with SRP

City of Chandler Downtown Library 22 S Delaware St, Chandler, AZ, United States

Learn ways to reduce energy consumption and save water to spend less on monthly bills. Register here: chandleraz.gov/water

Avondale – Composting 101

Treeland Treeland Nursery, Mesa, United States

Learn how to get started setting up, maintaining, and the do's and don'ts of a simple backyard composting pile. For your convenience, this class is only offered on Zoom. The link will be provided to once registered. Register Here: https://www.avondaleaz.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/16228/356

Chandler – Backyard Composting & Vermiculture

City of Chandler Basha Library 5990 S Val Vista Dr, Chandler, Arizona

Learn how to use kitchen waste, yard scraps, and worms to transform your backyard into a healthy garden! Register here: chandleraz.gov/water

Queen Creek’s Veggie Gardening in the Desert

Town of Queen Creek Library 21802 S Ellsworth Rd, Queen Creek, AZ, United States

Join Master Gardener Cathy Rymer and discover the secrets to successfully plant, irrigate and grow vegetables in our desert environment! You will also learn to tell the good bugs from the bad and how to safely eliminate the ones we don't want in our gardens. This FREE Water-Smart Workshop will be held on Saturday, Sept. 9, from 9 to 11 a.m. in …

Free

Mesa’s Grass-to-Xeriscape: Saving More Than Water

Are people asking you “what’s up?” and you find yourself answering “my water bill”? Maybe it’s time to get rid of the grass or water-thirsty plants and replace them with a Xeriscape, which creates a beautiful, commonsense landscape that reduces water use, and provides cooling shade with a bonus of being much easier to maintain. Once the grass is removed …

Free

Avondale – Veggie Gardening 101

Sonoran Conference Room 11465 W. Civic Center Drive, Avondale, AZ, United States

The down-and-dirty basics of gardening so you can have a successful fall crop! This class is in person only and will be held in the Sonoran Conference Room at City Hall from 11 am-1 pm. Register Here