Dig In! Library Plaza Planter Project

It's time to Dig In-to the planters in front of the Joel D. Valdez Main Library!

If you would like to join in this beautification effort, please attend this, or one of the other, scheduled planting design workshops. These workshops will be held in the café table area on the first floor of the Main Library.

No gardening experience is necessary. We will provide mentors and other resources. You bring your enthusiasm and vision! Work with your friends, family, co-workers or come on your own.

We will hold a planting shindig the morning of DIY Day, Saturday, September 28, 2013.

Registration for a workshop is required. Please register online here or call Infoline at 791-4010.

Registration for this event is required. Register for this event online

A Cook's Garden

Presented by Christina O'Connell.
A Cook's Garden is at the heart of every meal. Learn how to plan, plant and use fresh herbs and vegetables you can grow in your own Cook's Garden. Take home samples and simple recipes.

Seed Broadcasting with Seed Balls: History, Methods, Hands-on

Learn to make seed balls and hear the history of Masanobu Fukuoka's no-till farming methods. Discover an exciting way to help re-vegetate our city's landscape and create a local plant paradise!
Presented by Josh Banno

Sonoran Supermarket

Presented by the Arizona–Sonora Desert Museum.
Explore local resources that native peoples of the Sonoran Desert – Tohono O'odham, Yaqui, and Seri – have traditionally used for food, medicines, and fibers. Experiment with native plant materials to make your own cordage and discover foods and tools that have exist in your desert backyard for hundreds of years.

Seed Library Summer Book Club

Dig-In to a good "seed" read this summer!

You can pick-up a copy of the book at the first floor desk of the Main Library (or click on the title link to check the catalog). We'll meet in the leafy green of the Pio Decimo Community Garden to discuss our book.

We'll kick-off the Seed Library Summer Book Club with a read for all-ages, Newberry Award winner Paul Fleishman's transformative tale of a make-shift community garden in the book Seedfolks.

Seed Saving 101

Learn the basics on how to save seed from common vegetables and native plants. This is a hands-on workshop that covers several methods of saving seed, along with a presentation on the importance on saving seed, and an invitation to join in the saving of our world's biodiversity.
Presented by Josh Banno

Planning Your Fall Garden

Learn the basics on soil preparation plus what to plant and when for growing vegetables in the fall-winter season.
Presented by the Green Valley-Sahuarita Community Food Bank.
Space is limited. Please register online at communityfoodbank.com/gardenworkshops or by calling 520-784-4669.

Seed Saving 101

Learn the basics on how to save seed from common vegetables and native plants. A hands-on workshop that covers several methods of saving seed, along with a presentation on the importance on saving seed, and an invitation to join in the saving of our world's biodiversity.
Presented by Josh Banno

Gardening for Birds and Butterflies

Create your own pollination garden to attract birds and butterflies by understanding their needs for food, water and space. Learn how to incorporate native and arid-adapted plants into your landscape to provide an attractive, wildlife-friendly habitat.
Presented by Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation.

Dig In! Library Plaza Planter Project

It's time to Dig In-to the planters in front of the Joel D. Valdez Main Library!

If you would like to join in this beautification effort, please attend this, or one of the other, scheduled planting design workshops. These workshops will be held in the café table area on the first floor of the Main Library.

No gardening experience is necessary. We will provide mentors and other resources. You bring your enthusiasm and vision! Work with your friends, family, co-workers or come on your own.

We will hold a planting shindig the morning of DIY Day, Saturday, September 28, 2013.

Registration for a workshop is required. Please register online here or call Infoline at 791-4010.

Registration for this event is required. Register for this event online

Home Canning, Freezing and Drying

Too many tomatoes and vegetables? Come learn the different delicious ways you can preserve them!
Presented by the Green Valley-Sahuarita Community Food Bank.
Space is limited. Please register online at communityfoodbank.com/gardenworkshops or by calling 520-784-4669.

Dig In! Library Plaza Planter Project

It's time to Dig In-to the planters in front of the Joel D. Valdez Main Library!

If you would like to join in this beautification effort, please attend this, or one of the other, scheduled planting design workshops. These workshops will be held in the café table area on the first floor of the Main Library.

No gardening experience is necessary. We will provide mentors and other resources. You bring your enthusiasm and vision! Work with your friends, family, co-workers or come on your own.

We will hold a planting shindig the morning of DIY Day, Saturday, September 28, 2013.

Registration for a workshop is required. Please register online here or call Infoline at 791-4010.

Registration for this event is required. Register for this event online

Dig In! Library Plaza Planter Project

It's time to Dig In-to the planters in front of the Joel D. Valdez Main Library!

If you would like to join in this beautification effort, please attend this, or one of the other, scheduled planting design workshops. These workshops will be held in the café table area on the first floor of the Main Library.

No gardening experience is necessary. We will provide mentors and other resources. You bring your enthusiasm and vision! Work with your friends, family, co-workers or come on your own.

We will hold a planting shindig the morning of DIY Day, Saturday, September 28, 2013.

Registration for a workshop is required. Please register online here or call Infoline at 791-4010.

Registration for this event is required. Register for this event online

Dig In! Library Plaza Planter Project

It's time to Dig In-to the planters in front of the Joel D. Valdez Main Library!

If you would like to join in this beautification effort, please attend this, or one of the other, scheduled planting design workshops. These workshops will be held in the café table area on the first floor of the Main Library.

No gardening experience is necessary. We will provide mentors and other resources. You bring your enthusiasm and vision! Work with your friends, family, co-workers or come on your own.

We will hold a planting shindig the morning of DIY Day, Saturday, September 28, 2013.

Registration for a workshop is required. Please register online here or call Infoline at 791-4010.

Registration for this event is required. Register for this event online

A Cook's Garden

Presented by Christina O'Connell.
A Cook's Garden is at the heart of every meal. Learn how to plan, plant and use fresh herbs and vegetables you can grow in your own Cook's Garden. Take home samples and simple recipes.

To register, ask at the Information Desk or call 520-594-5225.