Tag: gardening

January 2025, Generals

Learn How to Become a Master Gardener!

Maitri Sojourner and Bob Allen Are you a plant lover? Do you like plants and want to learn more about all the fascinating varieties here in the Sonoran Desert? Would you like to turn your “brown thumb” green? Would you like to meet new people, help others with their plant challenges, and make a difference…

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January 2025, Generals

Engaging the Desert with Your Gardening

Join us for the Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries (FSL) lecture on Feb. 13 at 4 p.m. at DesertView Theatre. Life is a journey—this we know. Larry Lynam, a microbiologist by training and profession, made a journey from professional with a biopharmaceutical firm to Master Gardener. His first gardening experience was becoming a Master Gardener in…

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October 2024, Generals

Winterizing Your Sonoran Garden

Your Southeast Pinal County Master Gardeners are pleased to invite you to attend our Community Education Presentation on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 1 p.m. at SaddleBrooke Ranch Sol Ballroom, 31143 S. Amenity Drive, Oracle, AZ 85623. Join us for this free presentation on “Winterizing Your Sonoran Garden.” Wondering how to protect your garden from those…

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August 2024, Sports

Got Weeds? Here’s a Solution!

Barbara Barr Bengen WIN (Wellness Integrated Network of SaddleBrooke) is on hiatus this summer. Meanwhile, we’ll be sharing wellness ideas and information with you. And stay tuned! We have fabulous programs coming up this fall and winter, including a great Wellness Symposium on Nov. 1! Have you ever noticed all the ads for weed killer…

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August 2024, Generals

Gardening for Butterflies: The Importance of Monarch Waystations

Your Southeast Pinal County Master Gardeners are pleased to invite you to attend our Community Education Presentation on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 1 p.m. at SaddleBrooke Ranch Sol Ballroom, 31143 S. Amenity Drive, Oracle, Ariz. Join us for this free presentation on “Gardening for Butterflies: The Importance of Monarch Waystations.” Known for its bright orange…

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May 2024, Generals

Heat Proofing Your Garden

Bob Allen, SE Pinal County Master Gardener When Deborah North returned to Arizona from the very green Northwest in 2003, she quickly learned that to enjoy gardening in Tucson required significant retraining. She entered the Pima Master Gardener program in 2004 through the University of Arizona and never looked back! On April 10 Deborah shared…

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March 2024, Generals

How to Heatproof Your Garden

Ellen Sosin, SE Pinal County Master Gardener Your Southeast Pinal County Master Gardeners (formally SaddleBrooke/SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners) invite you to attend an in-person presentation on Wednesday, April 10, at 1 p.m. at the Sol Ballroom at SaddleBrooke Ranch, 31143 S. Amenity Drive, Oracle, Ariz. This is a free event. We are pleased to have…

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Generals, December 2023

Nutrient Deficiencies in Plants and How to Improve Soils

Glenna Mathews, Pinal County Master Gardener Your Southeast Pinal County Master Gardeners are pleased to invite you to attend a Zoom webinar presentation on Wednesday, Dec. 13, at 1 p.m. Dr. Debankur Sanyal, University of Arizona Environmental Sciences, Soil Health Specialist, will present “Nutrient Deficiencies in Plants and How to Improve Soils.” All higher plants…

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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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