2026 Gardeners Market

 

Gardeners Market Workshop

 

CMGA January Meeting Notice!

Please note that the Master Gardener meeting scheduled for January 7 has been cancelled due to weather.  Please join us again on February 9 for your next meeting with Julie McDonald on High Altitude Gardening and Farming Your Front Yard.  

In the Garden series

 

Native Seed Grower Workshop - Oct. 17 & 18

 

Tree Care for Birds and Wildlife - Oct. 18

Join the AZ Dept of Forestry and Fire Management and the Arizona Community Tree Council for a hands-on workshop designed for arborists, landscapers, environmental professionals, and nature lovers!  
This workshop will help you understand how tree care intersects with wildlife protection, especially birds, and how to minimize negative impacts during arboricultural work. You will earn 4 ISA CEUs & lunch will be provided! Certified arborists that complete this course are able to be listed as Wildlife Trained Arborists.

When: Saturday, October 18, 2025 | 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Where: Camp Verde Public Library, Camp Verde, AZ

Agenda Highlights:

• Introduction to wildlife’s role in habitats, breeding seasons, and how they overlap with tree work
• Regulations and laws protecting birds and other wildlife in Arizona
• How to conduct pre‑work inspections & pruning for wildlife
• Outdoor hands-on session: inspecting trees, applying best practices
• Q&A with wildlife biologists, real encounters from Liberty Wildlife

Register soon, as space is limited!

ACTC members, Master Gardeners/Naturalists, and students receive a discounted rate. 

Save Our Seeds workshop Oct. 25

 

NAU Tree Walk - rescheduled for Fri. Oct. 17

 THIS WAS RAINED OUT ON OCT. 10, SO IS RESCHEDULED FOR OCT. 17.
All other details remain the same.

Community Permaculture Design Course

Let’s plant the seeds of change together!

Join this 3-month journey to learn regenerative practices. A hybrid approach with in-person hand-on learning based in Flagstaff and Verde Valley encourages a wide range of participation: virtual lectures, experiential tours and practice days, reflective prompts, and weekly meetups. 

 

By participating in this class you’ll gain and build upon your own tools to create systems that heal and sustain—right where you live.

Details here

For more information please feel free to reach out to Rosemary Logan at 928-853-4333 or Kate Watters at wildheartfarmaz@gmail.com

See inside the museum collections Aug. 23

  

Easton Collection Center Open House: Plants and Pollinators

Saturday, August 23, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
FREE for everyone.

Explore the intricate relationships between plants, their pollinators, and the people who have interacted with them for generations. From fossilized plants to delicate herbarium specimens, from baskets woven with plant fibers to fine art celebrating the diverse landscapes of the Colorado Plateau—you’ll encounter a rich variety of objects from across our natural sciences, ethnography, archaeology, and fine art collections.

MNA curators and staff will be on hand to share stories, research, and surprising connections between the natural world and human creativity. Discover how the natural sciences inform our understanding of culture, history, and art—and how pollinators help shape ecosystems and inspire generations of artistic expression.

This event complements the current Shifting Life Zones exhibition, and offers a deeper dive into the Museum’s interdisciplinary approach to understanding and celebrating life on the Colorado Plateau.

Free admission. All ages welcome!

The Easton Collection Center is located on the opposite side of Fort Valley Road from the Museum. Coming from central Flagstaff, turn right at the Harold S. Colton Research Center sign. Go up the short drive to a parking area. The Easton Collection Center is the tall modern sandstone colored building with a sloping living roof.

Enter the Fair

 

Interested in Showing at the Coconino County Fair??

The Agriculture/Horticulture barn is always looking for new gardeners to show off their hard work. There is no entry fee. I am offering my assistance for those who want to exhibit with the entry process.

Categories Include:
Field crops, vegetables, fruit, herbs, eggs and honey

Deadline for entries: Friday, August 15, 2025

Fair Receiving: Wednesday, August 27, 2025

10 am to 7 pm

You will need a 2025 fair book for the correct category number!

Entries can be submitted at:

https://coco.fairwire.com/login.aspx

Contact Steve L. at 928-856-4578

Arboretum fundraiser Aug. 23

Summer Garden Party

Keynote speaker - Peter Friederici

Food - Square Root Foods

Live Music - Two Hand Union

Tickets at thearb.org

Wildflower Walk Aug. 15

Author talk Aug. 16

Author talk Aug

Learn about gardening with native species. 

Jack Dash and Luke Takata, the authors of the new Southwest Native Plant Primer, will be speaking at the Museum of Northern Arizona on Saturday Aug. 16 from 2 to 3 pm.  

The Southwest Native Plant Primer is oriented towards gardeners of all levels looking to learn more about growing plants native to their bioregion in their gardens. Come learn about some of the best native plants for Flagstaff yards.

 

 

Garden Tour

 

Edible Weeds Class Aug. 2

Learn how to identify common edible plant families, harvest techniques, nutritional properties, and cautions when foraging plants. This is limited to 15 participants, so sign up in advance at thearb.org.

Apricot trees available

Fruit trees available

 

Lily of the Field had a bumper crop of Navajo/Dine Apricot seedling this season and is trying to get them into home orchards and gardens.  They also have AZ Black Walnut, Chokecherry, Peaches, Cherries, Apples, etc. I hope you are all doing well and getting rain.

If interested, email flagstafflily@gmail.com

Help reforest east side of San Francisco Peaks

 Volunteers sought for tree planting on east side of San Francisco Peaks

Coconino National Forest silviculturists and partner organization Ecoculture will begin planting trees north of Flagstaff next month in the San Francisco Peaks area and are looking for volunteers to help in the efforts.

Roughly 3,000 acres of planted trees were lost over the course of the 2022 Tunnel and Pipeline fires. Those trees had been recently replanted to aid in the recovery of the 2010 Schultz Fire.

Upcoming replanting efforts will plant approximately 40,000 native ponderosa pine trees across 200 acres of Coconino National Forest land in the vicinity of Schultz Pass Road on the east side of the San Francisco Peaks.

“This planting is significant not only because of the visual aesthetics and cultural importance of the San Francisco Peaks, but also because it can help reforest areas that burned uncharacteristically hot and may not naturally regenerate for more than one hundred years,” said silviculturist Mark Nabel. “These planted trees will help reduce soil erosion and improve wildlife habitat while also restoring some of the timber base that was lost in these recent fires.”

 

 Ecoculture will be hosting community volunteer planting events from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. August 9 and 16. Volunteers will plant ponderosa pine seedlings (roughly 5-12" in height) using planting shovels, which will be provided. The planting area is about 11 acres and is generally flat. The parking area is roughly 300 feet (0.1 miles) from the planting site. 

 

Planting will begin around 9 a.m. after a brief planting demonstration is given. Volunteers are free to come and go as you please. There will be staff members available to give instructions if you arrive later in the day. The goal for the day is to plant 2,000 trees. There will be plenty of volunteers so there will be no need to rush putting the trees in the ground. Our goal is to provide a great opportunity for the public to give back to their public lands and be safe while doing so.

 

For more information or to sign up to volunteer, contact Wade Gibson at wade.gibson@ecoculture.us.

 

   What to bring:
-Water
-Sunscreen
-Sturdy footwear (no sandals please)
-Rain gear
-Work gloves
-Hat
-Snacks (if you get hungry)

 

Help pull weeds in Coconino County Parks

Harrenburg Wash: Saturday July 12 and Friday August 1

Fort Tuthill: Wednesday July 9 and Saturday July 19

Raymond County Park: July 15

All weed pulls will be from 8 am - 10 am. 

Please wear long pants and a long sleeve shirt. Bring water and sun protection.