The SaddleBrooke Master Garderners will present Dr. Steven Buchmann, Author and Entomology Professor UA at the MountainView Clubhouse Ballroom West on March 17, 2016 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. His topic is “Flowers: What They Have to Say for the Birds, Bees, and Us.” Ask Your Master Gardener will be 12:30-1:00 p.m. Dr. Stephen Buchmann is an…
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March 2016
Gardeners Exchange of SaddleBrooke Ranch notice
The Gardeners Exchange of SaddleBrooke Ranch brings Peter Warren, Urban Horticulturist for Pima County Cooperative Extension Service at The University of Arizona, to speak on Tuesday, March 8, at 1:00 p.m. The program will take place at La Hacienda Club, La Mesa Room, and the topic is “Pollinators and the Plants They Love.” The presentation…
February 2016
SaddleBrooke Master Gardeners brings 2 gardening talks
Greg Corman, artist and landscape designer, will present “Functional Art in the Garden” February 18, 2016 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. in the MountainView Ballroom West. Ask Your Master Gardener will be 12:30-1:00 p.m. Greg Corman is a Tucson-based artist and landscape designer who works primarily with reclaimed wood, steel and found objects to create quirky functional…
January 2016
SaddleBrooke Master Gardeners bring two gardening talks
Marylee Pangman, author and potted garden expert will present “Planting Trees in Containers in your Desert Landscape” at MountainView Clubhouse Ballroom West on January 21, 2016 at 1:00-2:00 P.M. Ask Your Master Gardener will be 12:30-1:00 p.m. Marylee Pangman is the founder and former owner of The Contained Gardener in Tucson, Arizona. She has become…
January 2016
Gardeners Exchange
The Gardeners Exchange of SaddleBrooke Ranch welcomes Brandon Merchant, owner of Southwest Victory Gardens in Tucson, on Tuesday, January 19, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. to speak about organic vegetable growing. Bring your questions about soils, irrigation needs, type beds and what veggies to grow in which season. The program will be held at La Hacienda…
November 2015
Master Rosarian to speak at Gardeners Exchange November 11
The Gardeners Exchange welcomes Lauren Kettenback, Master Rosarian with the Tucson Rose Society, to speak on Wednesday, November 11, 2015, at La Hacienda Club, Saddlebrooke Ranch at 1:00 p.m. Lauren, a Tucson native, has grown roses for the past 25 years. She has served as a Consulting Rosarian with the American Rose Society for 12…
September 2015
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences – Cooperative Extension Pinal County
Plant sale and ‘Ask Your Master Gardener’ September 17 The SaddleBrooke Master Gardeners plant sale and “Ask Your Master Gardner” will be September 17, 2015 at MountainView Ballroom West and breezeway from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Here’s a chance to purchase some locally grown plants and get your garden questions answered. Greg Starr returns to SaddleBrooke!…
September 2015
The Gardeners Exchange to host Warning Coordination Meteorologist
The Gardeners Exchange at SaddleBrooke Ranch welcomes Ken Drozd, Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the National Weather Service, on Tuesday, September 22, at 1:00 p.m. Please join us in La Mesa Room at La Hacienda Club. Every gardener relies upon weather to bring the sunshine, bring the rain, cold chill bulbs and heat up our cacti.…
August 2015
Ask your Master Gardener and Plant Sale, September 17
The Ask Your Master Gardener and Plant Sale will be September 17, 2015 at MountainView Ballroom West and Breezeway from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. The SaddleBrooke Master Gardeners will be available to answer your plant questions. Bring a sample or a picture for identification. As an added bonus there will be plants for sale. The…
August 2015
Volunteers make a difference
Kathie Griffin The SaddleBrooke Master Gardener volunteers love gardening and can’t stop talking about the unique challenges in growing plants in the high desert. As a part of University of Arizona Pinal Cooperative Extension, our mission is to provide the public with research-based, home horticultural information through educational programs and projects. We love to share…