Tag: gardening

Generals, September 2023

Master Gardeners: You Are Invited to Our Zoom Webinar Presentations

Glenna Matthews, Pinal County Master Gardener Your Southeast Pinal County Master Gardeners (formally SaddleBrooke/SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners) are pleased to invite you to attend our Zoom webinar presentations: Wednesday, Sept. 13, at 1 p.m., “Bighorn and Bush Fire Saguaro Cacti Restoration.” Jonathan Horst, director of conservation and research at Tucson Audubon Society, will share the recent…

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Generals, March 2023

Master Gardeners Demo Day and Mini Plant Sale March 20

Join your SaddleBrooke/SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners for a Demonstration (Demo) Day fair. Residents from both communities are welcome to attend all events. Master Gardeners will be available to answer questions and guide you to resources that will assist you in creating and maintaining thriving and bountiful gardens. Demo Day and Mini Plant Sale at SaddleBrooke…

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Generals, February 2023

Master Gardener Demonstration Days

Laurie Foster and Sheilah Britton, Pinal County Master Gardeners * Demo Day at SaddleBrooke Ranch Community Garden will be held Wednesday, March 8, from 1 to 3 p.m. Join us at the SaddleBrooke Ranch Community Garden for demonstrations in working gardens, including amending soil, irrigation, planting spring vegetables, planting from seeds, when and how to…

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Generals, January 2023

Master Gardeners Coming Events

Laurie Foster, Pinal County Master Gardener Becoming a Master Gardener In February, a one-hour orientation meeting will be held at both SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch to introduce you to our program. If you are interested in environmentally responsible landscaping and gardening and have a desire to teach those principles/skills from research-based materials to others, then…

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Generals, December 2022

‘Cold Hardy Cacti’ Presentation December 14

Sheilah Britton, Pinal County Master Gardener SaddleBrooke/SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners are delighted to bring Mark Sitter, owner of B & B Cactus Farm in Tucson, for an in-person presentation, “Cold Hardy Cacti,” on Wednesday, Dec. 14, at 1 p.m. in the Sol Ballroom at SaddleBrooke Ranch. Mark, a longtime friend of SB/SBR Master Gardeners, will…

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Generals, November 2022

‘Winterizing Your Desert Garden’ November 16

Sheilah Britton, Pinal County Master Gardener Your SaddleBrooke/SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners invite you to attend an in-person presentation with Deb North who will be presenting “Winterizing Your Desert Garden” at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16. Ms. North will be speaking in the La Mesa/La Montana Rooms at La Hacienda in SaddleBrooke Ranch. Though it…

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Features, October 2022

SaddleBrooke Flora Placards

Stuart and Jeanette Watkins Jeanette told me of seeing a Mexico Petunia by the entrance to SaddleBrooke One clubhouse. She then started naming some of the other plants that have identification placards beside them. Interested, I went and took pictures of the many identified plants and wanted to know who put the placards there for…

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Generals, October 2022

‘Gardening for Hummingbirds in the Desert’ October 19

Sheilah Britton, Pinal County Master Gardener Your SaddleBrooke/SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners invite you to attend an in-person presentation with Carianne Funnicelli on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 1 p.m., entitled “Gardening for Hummingbirds in the Desert.” Ms. Funnicelli will be speaking in the La Mesa/La Montana Rooms at La Hacienda in SaddleBrooke Ranch. Do you enjoy…

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Generals, September 2022

Desert Foods for a Resilient Future

Sheilah Britton, Pinal County Master Gardener Your SaddleBrooke/SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners are pleased to invite you to attend a Zoom webinar presentation with Erin Riordan, Ph.D., on Thursday, Sept. 15, at 1 p.m. The topic will be “Desert Foods for a Resilient Future.” Dr. Riordan is a conservation research scientist at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum…

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