Learn how to successfully utilize grow bags to grow vegetables! In this hands-on class you will get a chance to fill and plant your own grow bags to take home. Class includes grow bags, veggie starts, and soil.
This walk provides a geological and ecological overview of what lives in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, and how the flora and fauna survive and thrive. Restrooms and water are available...
Are you looking to do a long hike, but don’t want to go alone? Join Ranger Kevin for a 7.5-mile hike on the scenic Pass Mountain trail. We’ll keep an eye out for wildlife and late summer wildflowers as we go. Trail conditions are rated difficult, so be prepared for loose rock, uneven terrain and...
VIP tour of the Arizona Worm Farm, including our breeding operations, castings production, organic egg production, and food forest. You will learn how we breed thousands of worms, meet our Black Soldier Fly Larvae and see how we turn garbage into food. This tour may include tastings of some fruits and vegetables - including our...
We've compiled everything we think every beginner gardener should know, and jam-packed it into an hour class. From setting up your growing space to harvesting the fruits of your labor, let us help you navigate organic gardening in the desert! This class is a great place to start your garden journey. Includes: 4 seasonal starts,...
Everyone wants healthy and beautiful shrubs and trees, but improper pruning can actually harm your trees. Join Master Gardener and landscaper George Reconco to learn best practices for pruning your...
Create a fall leaf collage inspired by Lois Ehlert’s Caldecott Honor book, “Leaf Man”! Ages 5 - 12
Learn how to grow and maintain a successful Fall garden using principles of soil science and management. This class focuses on getting your gardens cleaned from the summer and prepared...
Gardening class with Master Gardener Tony. Prepare for fall planting season. This class is open to any and all that are interested. Located at the William L. Patena Community Center. Please call 623-773-7436 to register. Ages 18+
Did you know that Arizona is home to over 330 species of butterflies? Expand your knowledge of the nectar-rich plants the depend on for food and the host plants necessary...
Did you know that Arizona is home to over 330 species of butterflies? Expand your knowledge of the nectar-rich plants they depend on for food and the host plants necessary for completing their life cycle. Learn how to build a garden space that attracts a variety of butterflies from Shauna Dempsey. REGISTER HERE. Ages 18+
Join us for this popular course on how best to maintain your desert plants for beauty and water efficiency. Presented by Goodyear Water Department Presenter: Jon Manning Ages 18+
Enjoy gardening? Do you have garden challenges you’d like to overcome? Need help with your landscape plants? Don't know what to plant or when? Want to start a vegetable garden, but don't know where to start? Join the Georgia Lord Library Master Gardener 2nd Saturdays from 10am-12pm for free home garden and landscape Q and...
nterested on how to start and maintain a desert garden? Wonder no more! Visit the Chandler Sunset Library on 3rd Saturdays between 10 a.m. to Noon to chat with a Master Gardener and...
An attendee-favorite course on how best to maintain your desert plants for beauty and water efficiency. Register HERE
Master Gardener volunteers will be available to answer your desert gardening questions, including but not limited to plant selection, irrigation, fertilization, pruning techniques, pest management and problem diagnosis. Ages 18+
The CVCL Seed Bank is open! Join us on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month from 11 AM to 1 PM. Each household can pick out 5 free seed...
Enjoy a short gardening talk followed by a live Q&A with Master Gardeners. Get research-based answers, seasonal tips and expert guidance for gardening in our desert climate. This program is presented in collaboration with the University of Arizona's Cooperative Extension program. Ages 18+
Come join the Master Gardeners of the San Tan Valley as they present a topic of interest on the 3rd Saturday of each month from 1:30 - 3 PM. Topics...