Louise Grabell Spring has sprung and hopefully your garden has as well. There is so much to attend to if you are a gardener. Just like the seasons, there are phases for gardening and if you are well-organized (don’t look at me!) you have already completed some important gardening chores. You may have even added…
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Generals, April 2017
Community lecture event and plant sale
SaddleBrooke/ SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners will feature a Community Lecture Event on Thursday, April 20, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. at the MountainView Clubhouse in SaddleBrooke with Lecturer Debbie Mounce, Retail Operations Manager of Harlow Gardens Landscape and Nursery. Our annual Plant Sale begins at 11:30 a.m. prior to the lecture. Topic: Bullet-Proof Plants: Plants that are…
Features, March 2017
How does Your Garden Grow?
Louise Grabell The tail of two snails: It was the best of times, out in the garden preparing the soil for spring planting. To my great surprise, a pretty little snail was crawling along the soil surface and I thought: isn’t that curious? This is the desert. It’s hot and dry here. Where on Earth…
Generals, March 2017
Gardeners Exchange
The Gardeners Exchange of SaddleBrooke Ranch welcomes Jan Shrader to speak on Echinopsis on Wednesday, March 15 at 1:00 p.m. at La Hacienda Club. Echinopsis is a cold-hardy cactus from South America, with an extraordinary trumpet flower, perfect for growing in the micro-climates of SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch. For years horticulturalists have been hybridizing the…
Generals, March 2017
Master Gardener Program
Ask your Master Gardener event March 25 An Ask Your Master Gardener Event will take place at SaddleBrooke Ranch Saturday, March 25 from 10:00 a.m. to noon. SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners will be available to answer your landscape and garden questions on design, plant selection, plant care and maintenance, irrigation and identification and…
Generals, March 2017
Want to become a Master Gardener?
Barb Nicholson Master Gardeners are your neighbors and friends who have taken it upon themselves to complete the requirements for Master Gardener certification. If you are interested in becoming a Master Gardener volunteer, then you are invited to enroll in the Master Gardener Training Course for the fall of 2017. This is an intensive 15-week…
Features, February 2017
How does Your Garden Grow?
Louise Grabell February is a great time for transplants. Most plants are still dormant and will not suffer from being moved to a new location. Well, that’s if you move the plant properly. But before you go ahead and start to dig, let me advise you not to move any well-established trees or shrubs. Anything…
Generals, February 2017
Master Gardener Program
Master Gardener classes March 6 Basic Desert Gardening will be presented at the Hacienda Club at SaddleBrooke Ranch on Monday, March 6, 9:00 a.m. to noon. Have questions about the basics: soils, cactus, growing natives, frost protection, irrigation and any other issues affecting your gardens and landscapes? Your very own Master Gardeners will be on…
Generals, February 2017
High Desert Gardening class February 21
High Desert Gardening will be presented in the Maricopa Room, DesertView Clubhouse at SaddleBrooke, 10:00 a.m. to noon, for six weeks starting February 21, 2017; registration required. Once again, due to popular demand, your Master Gardeners will be offering a six-week mini course to help residents resolve basic gardening issues along with gaining new information…
Generals, February 2017
Gardener’s Exchange
The Gardeners Exchange of SaddleBrooke Ranch welcomes Renee Stevens, Home Depot plant expert, on Wednesday, February 15 at 1:00 p.m. at La Hacienda Club to speak on Garden Pests: the Good, the Bad and the Beneficial. One of Home Depot’s top garden gurus, Renee Stevens will share her secrets for keeping bad pests at bay…