Category: February 2023

What Is Pickleball?

Come join the fun and find out! Learn about pickleball on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 3 p.m. Please arrive 15 minutes early for paperwork. Space is limited to 20 people, so visit our website at www.sbrpickleball.club to register, then click on “Click to reserve a space” below the flyer sign. What you’ll need for pickleball:…

Upcoming Master Gardener Opportunities

Laurie Foster and Sheilah Britton, Pinal County Master Gardeners Becoming a Master Gardener * Orientation at SaddleBrooke Ranch will be held Monday, Feb. 6, from 10 to 11 a.m. in the La Mesa Room. * Orientation at SaddleBrooke will be held Thursday, Feb. 9, from 10 to 11 a.m. at Mt. View in the Cactus Room. In…

How and When to Prune Your Landscape Shrubs

Sheilah Britton, Pinal County Master Gardener Your SaddleBrooke/SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners are pleased to invite you to attend a Zoom webinar presentation with Anne LeSenne on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 1 p.m. LeSenne will present, “How and When to Prune Your Landscape Shrubs.” She’ll discuss how you can prune for the health and longevity of…

February at the Golden Goose

Shop with us in February and fall in love with the Golden Goose Thrift Shop! We have over 16,000 square feet filled with merchandise sure to delight all of your valentines! Cupid himself would shop here if he could! (We’ve been known to carry professional bows, arrows included!) We offer an impressive selection of fine…

Join the ‘Goose Gang!’

The Golden Goose Thrift Shop new volunteer orientation is the third Monday of every month at 3 p.m.—our next orientation is Feb. 20. Something wonderful happens when you become a member of the “Goose Gang.” Our volunteers have more fun! They tend to be healthier and consistently report being happier after becoming part of the…

Jewelry and Lapidary Club Fundraiser

Ellyn Biggs The Jewelry and Lapidary Club mission is to provide SBR residents with the opportunity to experience the joy and satisfaction of creative expression in the art of lapidary and metalsmithing. We teach classes in all areas and can assist in all your projects. So drop by the SBR Jewelry and Lapidary Room at…

Avatar: The Way of Water—What We Can Learn

Rev. Suzanne Marlatt Stewart The visually spectacular film Avatar: The Way of Water follows Jake Sully and his companion Neytiri as they try to safeguard their new family from the Resources Development Administration (RDA), which still wants to dominate the world of Pandora. This theme reminds me of our own American history, of the white man…