Join Ranger Nikki on an easy to moderate terrain hike to learn about desert plants, shrubs and legume trees including bursage, palo verde and creosote. The route is 3.5 miles...
Join Ranger Derik on an exciting morning hike through the park as you learn about the many cacti that call the Sonoran Desert home. The hike will cover 2.6 miles on the Blevins trail. This hike is rated as easy, plan to walk on rocky and sandy trail. It is encouraged that you water supportive...
We encourage our guests to visit the Children’s Garden every Tuesday and Thursday morning to enjoy the flowers, insects, veggies, herbs and more! Free with Admission
The San Tan Valley Master Gardeners offer tips on how to grow your own vegetables during our desert winter season. No registration required. Join the San Tan Valley Master Gardeners for tips how you can have a successful vegetable gardening season in our low desert. Learn how to prepare your garden’s soil, select appropriate vegetables, plant...
Join the Maricopa County Master Gardener speakers at the Georgia Lord library on 3rd Thursdays in odd months, 1-2pm. Presentations will be timely for the season covering topics from vegetable gardens, to landscape watering, to desert adapted plantings and everything in between. This session's topic: Raised Beds. Master Gardeners are active volunteers for the University...
Learn to make seed balls and hear the history of Masanobu Fukuoka's no-till farming methods. Discover an exciting way to help re-vegetate our city's landscape and create a local plant paradise! Attendees will take away seed balls.
Learn about growing backyard cane fruit and other berries at our elevation, with Yavapai County Master Gardener Laurin Pause. We will cover site selection, soil, planting, fertilizing, pests, and harvesting. Types of berries include blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, currants, gooseberries, and kiwifruit. The Gardening Talks series is available thanks to a partnership with Yavapai Master...