Sponsored by Keep Sedona Beautiful, this year's Native Plant Workshop will again be held at the West Sedona School from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm on Saturday, March 8, 2014. For further updates, visit https://keepsedonabeautiful.org/ and click on Our Programs. The event will include two keynote speakers, a choice of two workshops out of seven topics, breakfast savories, lunch and a silent … [Read more...]
Slow Water Team to speak at 34th Annual Native Plant Workshop
This year's Native Plant Workshop being held on Saturday, April 6 at the West Sedona School will start its program with the Slow Water Team of Marianna Hartsong and Ryan Matson. Slow Water Team's strategies for planting water are based on bio-mimicry. Providing a variety of examples and case studies, they will encourage audience participation and questions. Marianna Hartson, Ph.D., … [Read more...]
34th Annual Native Plant Workshop Scheduled for April 6, 2013
We open our program this year with The Slow Water Team of Marianna Hartsong and Ryan Matson. Their topic, PLANTING RAIN, explains their vision of planting small Green Infrastructures all over town to slow, plant and spread water, truly transforming our ecosystem, returning it to a hydrating rather than a dehydrating system. Our second keynote speaker, Agriculture and Natural Resources … [Read more...]
Native Plant Workshop, April 10
The 31st Annual Native Plant Workshop is Saturday, April 10 at the Sedona Red Rock High School. The workshop is from 8:45am - 2:00pm, and doors open at 7:30am. The 2010 workshop features two keynote addresses, "Organic Vegetable Gardening" by Cynthia Lee Cartier and "Turn your Desert Dust to Black Gold" by Merle & Michele Herrick. Admission also includes your choice of two of … [Read more...]
KSB property becomes a Certified Wildlife Habitat!
The National Wildlife Foundation (NWF) has selected the property surrounding Keep Sedona Beautiful's historical Pushmataha building (Sedona Historical Landmark No. 15, located at 360 Brewer Road) as a NWF Certified Wildlife Habitat! To qualify for this prestigous designation, the property must demonstrate an abundance of native plants, trees, available food sources, a water source, … [Read more...]
New gardens for the Pushmataha Building in Sedona
Keep Sedona Beautiful volunteers are currently working on a native plant garden at KSB's headquarters, the historic Pushmataha Building. Spearheaded by Jolene Pierson, Dave Norton and Bill Pumphrey, the garden will be an outdoor venue for various programs and open to the public in the fall of 2009. The Pushmataha Building is #15 on the City of Sedona's list of Historic Landmarks. … [Read more...]
