It is not too early to start planning. Take advantage of this timely workshop to get your garden growing in our unique desert. Garden curator Kirti Mathura will teach you the importance and details of soil preparation and how to overcome the challenges of our environment. Proper planting seasons and strategies, as well as resources for purchasing seeds, will be covered in this informative workshop. Great take-home materials and complimentary seed packets are included to give your own vegetable garden an added boost. Limit 30.
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New to the Valley or just haven’t met your neighbors? Get to know the natives! Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the plants that have called the Sonoran Desert their home for centuries. Garden curator Kirti Mathura will introduce you to an array of fantastic plants to suit any location in your garden. Through an informative classroom slide presentation, great take-home materials, and a morning Garden tour, you will discover plants that can offer a beautiful, low-maintenance landscape in this challenging environment. Limit 20.
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Begin working on specific design challenges presented in your front yard design–the courtyard garden or small space garden, creating curb appeal and/or privacy, types and positioning of water features and more in this popular workshop. Learn about specific plants that can help you overcome these challenges. This is a great opportunity to refine your design ideas and expand your skills with award-winning landscape designer Carrie Nimmer. Previous design experience necessary, such as the Garden’s Desert Landscaper Certification School or Southwest Planting Design for Beginners. A private critique of your work, to be scheduled individually with Carrie Nimmer, completes this course. Limit 15.
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Your family and guests can enjoy gorgeous seasonal color throughout the cooler months of the year with secrets shared by Garden curator Kirti Mathura. Add splashes of vibrant color to your landscape with blooms, foliage and more. Gather ideas from this informative presentation, and take home a useful plant list to use in your design. Limit 30.
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Garden curator Kirti Mathura teaches basic techniques to start your own herb plants and care for them over time. A diverse array of herbs grows well in the desert and can be planted in your herb garden, general landscape or containers. Workshop includes a classroom presentation and an interactive tour through the Herb Garden. Limit 20.
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Do not let your landscape or garden be caught unprotected. Groundcover and vines lend an added touch to any space. Known as the blankets of a landscape because of their protective characteristics, groundcover and vines can be the perfect solution for problem areas, reducing heat by clothing (insulating) the ground and walls with green and other attractive colors. They can even reduce water loss in plants. Learn how to use these garden blankets effectively through a slide show and interpretation of more than 40 colorful evergreen and deciduous species. By understanding growth habits, maintenance needs and trellising methods, you will be able to choose the best groundcover and vines to beautify your landscape. Taught by award-winning landscape designer Carrie Nimmer. Limit 25.
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Add a new dimension to your herb gardening experience by attracting fluttering butterflies, hovering hummingbirds, bumbling bees and more. Kirti Mathura, Garden curator, shares ideas for planting enticing herbs that lure fascinating creatures into your garden. Following a slide presentation, experience the plants–and likely some wildlife–first hand during an interactive tour through the Herb Garden. Limit 20.
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With more than 300 days of sunshine per year, the Phoenix area is a fantastic place to try your hand at veggie gardening–if you know what, where, and most important, when to plant. Join prominent Arizona author Mary Irish for this light, fun and informative presentation on growing great vegetables here in the Valley of the Sun. Mary has authored the Arizona Gardener’s Guide, Gardening in the Desert: A Guide to Plant Selection & Care, Perennials for the Southwest: Plants That Flourish in Arid Gardens, and Month-By-Month Gardening in the Desert Southwest. Get a head start by learning about soil preparation, timing, how and when to water, and what varieties will serve you well in your desert garden. Limit 30.
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