Father’s Day Idea for Gardeners

The Contained Gardener is a wonderful Tucson gardening company that offers occasional potting classes. is your Dad a gardener? He might enjoy one of these excellent workshops. (I’ve taken one before and learned so much.)
This Saturday, Marylee Pangman will have a special class for Dads. They will learn basic potting techniques, as well as more [...]

Gardening for Birds and Butterflies

Wheeler Taft Library wants to teach us how to create an environment that will attract birds and butterflies to our home landscape. How do you do that? Well, you can start by understanding their needs for food, water, sunlight and space. My personal favorites are the hummingbirds, but those birds eat a LOT of nectar. [...]

Spring Plant Sale & Worm Composting

Native Seeds/SEARCH will be holding their free spring plant sale and worm composting demo this Saturday, and you are invited. If you haven’t yet visited the new Native Seeds/SEARCH store, why not come down and say hello?
At about 10:30 AM, Linda Leigh and Doug Shepherd from the Vermillion Wormery will show you how to get [...]

Finding Bulletproof Plants

Harlow Gardens KNOWS that some of us are not natural gardeners. And, in truth, it’s hard to grow some plants out here in the summer heat. If you drop by on Sunday you will learn about ten tough plants that will thrive in our desert climate and add beauty to your landscape.

Cacti for Pots and Patios

Harlow Gardens wants to teach you a bit about growing cacti in pots. Because of their low maintenance, cacti are great choices for Tucson gardeners and a cactus looks great in a container. A fellow by the name of Patrick is their design wizard.
Come over on Sunday to let him show you all about cacti [...]