Prescott Garden Tour

Garden Tour in Prescott

Presented by The Native Garden

What: Self-guided driving tour of 5 local garde

When: Saturday, July 8^th 8:00AM –4:00PM

Where: Prescott, AZ (maps available day of the tour)

Tickets: $10.00, cash only

Purchase tickets at The Native Garden,

602 S. Montezuma St. Prescott, AZ

These gardens feature native/drought tolerant plants. Some also have vegetable gardens or fruit orchards and some have

a mixture of all of the above.

Garden owners will be in the gardens to answer questions. Get ideas for your own garden or just enjoy the day outdoors in the gardens.

Proceeds from the tour will be donated to The Hungry Kids Project. Ask for a brochure when you come to purchase your ticket.

Gardening Class at the SSLUG Garden

We are offering a one unit course June 23-25 at SSLUG Garden.   It is called Want to Grow a Better World:  Agrarian Skills for Positive Change.  We will review basic botanical and horticultural skills and knowledge and envision the many ways to use these skills to make positive changes our community and environment, while reinforcing knowledge with hands on projects in the garden and nearby sites at NAU.

I will be teaching.  Class is SUS 599 (Graduate level) and is suitable for anyone in the community. It is also offered as a workshop for $150. Times are Fri. 3-6pm, and Sat. & Sun. from 9am-4pm.

Jan Busco (jan.busco@gmail.com). 

Plant and Garden Sale

Volunteers are needed on June 24 to help with setup, vendors, the Master Gardener Table, and children’s activities.

We will collect garden related items to sell for the CMGA on June 23. You can drop items off at the extension office on the 23rd. Please do not drop them off earlier as we don’t have storage. We are looking for gently used garden books, tools, pots, and plants. Please – no irrigation equipment, fertilizers, pesticides, or items that are in bad shape. We need help to price items.

Several local growers, non-profits (including the CMGA) and businesses will be selling perennials, vegetable plants, herbs, houseplants, seeds, pots, books, bird feeders, garden tools, garden decor/art and more!

*Free Admission and Parking

*Master Gardener Education Table

*Kids' activities

*Proceeds to benefit the CMGA and local non-profits

CMGA Agenda

Coconino Master Gardener Meeting Agenda

Thursday, May 11 – 6:30pm

Viola’s Flower Garden

7085 S. State Route 89A

6:30pm – 6:40pm     Welcome – Sherline Alexander
6:40pm – 6:45pm      Introduction of Speaker – Gilli Thomas
6:45pm – 7:45pm     Education: Richard Hofstetter on “How to Attract Beneficial Insects
                                      and Deter Unwanted Insects in Your Garden”
15 minute break (refreshments)
7:45pm – 8:00pm     Raffle Prize Drawing – $1 each or 6 for $5 - Must be present to win
8:00pm – 8:25pm     Business Meeting – Sherline Alexander
     MG Coordinator Happenings - Hattie Braun
     Financial report – Molly Larsen
     Committee Reports:
     Volunteer Support – Crys Wells
     Fundraising – Cindy Krznarich
     Continuing Education – Gilli Thomas
     ·       July – Stephen Scott, Terroir Seeds – Using Cover Crops Including Raised Beds     
     ·        August – Cindy Krznarich – Preserving Your Harvest
     MG Projects – Jackee Alston
     Historian – Tammy Valdovino
     Community Markets – Andrea Guerrette
8:25pm – 8:30pm     Gardening Questions?         

Next meeting: June 8:  Judy Springer – Unique and Unusual Herbs to Grow at High Elevation

Gardening Ninjas Tour

Gardening Ninjas Tour!
Saturday May 13th
Do you feel like you're battling the elements when gardening in Flagstaff? Join Flagstaff Foodlink on a Garden Ninja Tour and discover the practical and innovative methods community members developed for successful food production and preservation.

9 - 11 a.m. Flagstaff EcoRanch - With a focus on education, water conservation, and community, Flagstaff EcoRanch is experimenting in sustainable living and gardening. Join founder Jeff Meilander for a farm tour and learn about growing under hoop houses, new water conservation techniques, and preserving food in a root cellar. Please park and carpool from the parking lot at the bottom of Snowbowl Road. Carpools running at 9 am and 10 am to Ecoranch.

Noon - 1 p.m. Forestdale Farm (455 Beech Dr.) - Tour Forestdale Farm's growing operation and see the innovative containers and systems in place that have led owners and Farm Stewards Rylan and Jamie to run a successful CSA and make value-added home- and health-care products. There will be plants, starts, and Farmacy products available for sale.

2 - 4 p.m. Elden Trails Bed and Breakfast (6073 N. Snowflake Dr.) - Join community leader and bed-and-breakfast owner Marnie Vail on a tour of her small, highly-efficient residential lot that maximizes 4-season growing. You'll see multiple rain water collection systems including 3 cattle tanks and 3 smaller tanks, efficient watering in 2 wicking garden beds, and 1 greenhouse. Take a peek in the carport and learn successful food storage and preserving options. (Additional directions: North on 89 past mall; turn left after light at Smokerise onto Winter (can only turn left); 2 blocks turn right onto Snowflake Drive; we are halfway up hill on left (you will see Elden Trails B&B sign).)

Fruit Tree Care in Edible Urban Landscapes

Arizona Community Tree Council Presents

Fruit Tree Care in Edible Urban Landscapes

 

Friday, June 9, 2017

Location:  Flagstaff Hirsch Center on 3350 Old Munds Hwy.

Time:  8:30am - 4:00pm

Deadline to Register May 26, 2017

Agenda:
8:30am – 9:00am registration

9:00 – 10:00 Selection of fruit trees for edible landscaping. 
Species and varieties that are suited for the various Arizona zones, including needed chill hours, water needs, pollination, tree size, tree lifespans, and microclimate considerations. Fruit trees come in four different sizes: Standard, semi-dwarf, dwarf, and less commonly, super-dwarf. How to choose a tree that will fit your space perfectly including when to consider growing urban fruit trees in containers. Successive ripening considerations.

10:00 – 11:30 Water harvesting to sustain fruit trees 
How to identify and harvest alternative sources of water to support edible trees including rainwater harvesting. Site designing with water harvesting in mind. Understand the watering needs of fruit trees and the surrounding landscape for best production results.

11:00 – 12:00 Propagation methods for fruit trees 
Exploring the various methods for propagating fruit trees including grafting, clonal propagation, cuttings, seeds and bare root.

Beekeeping Class

Master Gardeners – Are you interested in beekeeping? There are only 5 slots left for this introduction to beekeeping class being held Saturday, May 20, and Sunday, May 21, 2017, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Hattie

Thinking about starting your own beehive, but don’t know where to begin? This two-day workshop will show you how to get started as a successful beekeeper, here in Flagstaff, and beyond.

Topics covered include:
• Essential tools and equipment
• Where to get the bees
• Biology and ecology of honeybees and flowering plants
• Best beekeeping practices

Cost: $150.00 (partial scholarships available)

More information at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1789950061332332/

This event is co-sponsored by Honeybeeteacher LLC and City of Flagstaff Sustainability Program.

Agriculture to Appetites: Sustaining working Landscapes in a Changing Arizona

Master Gardeners: You are invited to the next Agriculture to Appetites to be held on April 18 at 6:30pm at NAU’s Ashurst Auditorium. Please see the attached flier for more information.

Agriculture to Appetites: Sustaining Working Landscapes in a Changing Arizona

Spring Presentation/Community Roundtable Series to focus on preserving agriculture

Agriculture is important to Northern Arizona, where long--‐standing traditions of farming and ranching provide good food, good jobs, and valuable open space. Yet these traditions are under fire due to a growing population, rising land prices, changing markets, threatened water supplies, and a warming climate.

Agriculture to Appetites: Sustaining Working Landscapes in a Changing Arizona is an interactive series of three evening events that will take a close look at how agriculture is dealing with these threats, and what might be done in the future. The sessions, to be held on three separate evenings in Clarkdale, Tuba City, and Flagstaff, will feature short presentations by regional experts and roundtable discussions among interested community members. Anyone interested in food is invited to attend—growers, marketers, chefs, hunters, elected officials, eaters. Participants will hear details about the challenges growers face, and about opportunities for helping regional agriculture grow and thrive—and they will be given the opportunity to share experiences and insights of their own. The topics addressed will include preserving agricultural open space, the safeguarding of water supplies and ecological integrity, and the development of local markets for locally produced foods. The discussions will particularly focus on establishing and nourishing mutually beneficial relationships between rural food producers and urban food consumers.

Contact: Peter Friederici, Director, 928-523-6378; Peter.Friederici@nau.edu

Hattie Braun

County Director/Horticulture, Coconino County

University of Arizona Cooperative Extension

2304 N. 3rd St.

Flagstaff, AZ  86004

Phone: 928-774-1868 x 170

FAX: 928-774-1860

Compost Source at NAU

Here is the message I received  from a friend at NAU regarding compost. Please contact Cat if you are interested.

Howard is looking forward to distribute some more blue ribbon compost! We have a few interested folks this Friday from 8am-10am. If anyone is available and interested in compost please let me know! Hoping to see you all and please let friends know too! We can also plan other dates too. Howard’s schedule for pick-ups is Monday-Friday 6am-10am.

Thank you and happy composting!

Cat

 Catherine Sullivan

Sustainability Specialist NAU Campus Dining

Catherine.Sullivan@nau.edu

928-523-5620 Office

Campus Dining Sustainability

NAU Compost Program

Nolo Bait Available

Master Gardeners: The Garden Club places a large order of NoLo Bait, a biological insecticide to suppress grasshoppers each year and shares the bait among its friends and members. The cost should be approximately $6.00/pound. Your order must be placed by Friday April 28 .  No orders will be accepted after April 28. 

To participate in this group order,  email Jean Hockman  hockman.jean@gmail.com with the number of pounds you want  to purchase. Once it arrives, she will divide the shares,  and notify you by email that it's time to pick up your share and tell you the cost/pound. You can pay when you pick up your share.  Expect the order to arrive no later than May 12.

For more information about Nolo and how much to use, visit  http://www.goodbug.com/nolobait.html

Jean Hockman

Ph: 928 526 5813

Hattie Braun

County Director/Horticulture, Coconino County

University of Arizona Cooperative Extension

2304 N. 3rd St.

Flagstaff, AZ  86004

Phone: 928-774-1868 x 170

FAX: 928-774-1860