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Enjoy a free tour of our Demonstration Gardens!
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Pima County Master Gardeners
February 2017
Helping you become a more successful gardener.
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Upcoming Activities with the Master Gardeners
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U of A Master Gardeners'
Spring Seminars and Workshops 2017
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Come spend the day with Master Gardeners on February 25th.
In the Morning learn about bugs and in the afternoon learn how to build your own Terra Cotta Pot Heater!
The Bugs You Will, or Will Not, Want in Your Garden!
Saturday 9:30-11:30 February 25, 2017
Cost $10.00 (pay at the door)
Held at the CEAC Building
RSVP by February 23,2017
by Calling 520-626-5161 or Click here to register online.
Hurry, we are limited to 60 seats.
How to Build a Terra Cotta Pot Heater
Saturday 1:30-3:30 February 25, 2017
Held at the Conference Room
Cost $40.00 Prepayment is required
(Class size limited to 20)
Please register
by February 20,2017 Click here to hold your spot
Send payment to (Check made out to: PCCE)
Pima County Master Gardeners
4210 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson, AZ 85719
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Monthly Gardening Reminders
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Your Garden To Do list:
___ Do your annual check on your irrigation system
___ Prune your deciduous trees and shrubs while they are dormant
AZ1139
and
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___ Finish preparing your vegetable and flower beds for spring planting
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___ Fertilize citrus (1st of 3 annual feedings)
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___ Cut back ornamental grasses to about 1 foot high before new growth starts
___ Leave frost damage on plants until the danger of freezing has passed
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DEMONSTRATION GARDEN TOURS
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Free Guided Tours of our 14 beautiful, educational Demonstration Gardens are offered at 9:00 am every Wednesday and Saturday morning
from February - December.
Or you can do a self-guided tour using the map below.
More information about tours Demonstration Garden Map
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Spring Plant Sale
April 8, 2017
8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
4210 N Campbell Ave.
Thousands of plants from cactus and succulents, flowers, bulbs, vines, shrubs, fig trees, pomegranate trees and lots more.
Please bring with you any
1 gallon pots that you are willing to donate to the Master Gardener Nursery.
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18th ANNUAL MASTER GARDENER'S HOME GARDEN TOUR
APRIL 1, 2017
Tickets go on sale
February 15, 2017!
Tickets can be purchased at local nurseries or by calling
520-626-5161.
$15.00 in advance, $20.00 on the day of the tour and on line.
Photos provided by Tony Knight
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Farmers Markets:
Ask A Master Gardener
Visit our booth at a local Farmers Market and have your gardening questions answered.
We are at the following markets:
Rincon Valley
12500 E. Old Spanish Tr.
Rillito Park
4502 N. 1st Ave.
Steam Pump Ranch
10901 N. Oracle
Trail Dust Town
6541 E. Tanque Verde
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FREE
Library Talks
Don't forget to attend one of our fabulous free Library Talks. They are offered at different libraries across town.
February topics:
"Gardening-Thinking Inside the Box", "Eat Your Trees", "Saving your own Seeds", "Warm Season Vegetable Gardening" and "Best Landscape Plants for Your Yard".
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Call 621-7074 to confirm attendance and for more information. After some tours, a poetry reading is presented by the U of A Poetry Center.
Click on the title for the Spring Tour Schedule.
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ADDITIONAL GARDENING RESOURCES
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Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Jeffrey C. Silvertooth, Associate Dean Director, Economic Development Extension, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Arizona. The University of Arizona is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution. The University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation in its programs and activities.
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