Learn from our Signature Program Desert Awareness Committee Master Gardeners about how to maintain your desert landscaping and raise healthy plants. You’ll learn how you can keep your yard looking like a native lush, colorful desert, but with little water and no pruning — and also where and what to plant and how to care for it.

Topics covered: placement, coverage, color, growth rates, water use, and pruning strategies — plus recommendations from the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association (AMWUA) when considering water needs.

We will also be sharing the amazing artwork from our youth K-12 artists as we recognize their talent and announce the winners of the Cactus Charlie Poster Contest.  Using Cactus Charlie, or creating their own figures, these youth artists illustrate their water conservation slogan. Poster submission deadline is April 16 by 5PM.

FORMAT: In-Person
AGES: All Ages
EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Novice
PREREQUISITES: None
WHAT TO BRING: N/A
FEE: This event is free and open to the public. However, registration is required due to limited seating please RSVP below so we can plan accordingly.

Desert Awareness Committee (DAC)  is one of our signature programs at The Holland Center. DAC has been the community resource advocate for the Sonoran Desert since 1974. Their mission is to educate residents and visitors so that they may join in understanding, conserving, and preserving our diverse and fragile desert — its plants, animals, water, and wildlife.