Maricopa County Master Gardeners

Celebrate pollinators this month—and every month. Master Gardener Shauna Dempsey created this pollinator garden featuring Passion Vine last fall to attract Gulf Fritillary Butterflies. She’s enjoyed dozens and dozens of butterflies while helping the environment, too!

🍎🌳🍊GARDEN MOMENTS🍊🌳🍎 Join Maricopa County Master Gardener Rodney Smith as he demonstrates how to prepare and plant a bare-root fruit tree.

🐝🥦🌸A DAY IN THE DEMONSTRATION GARDEN - BEES AND POPPIES🌸🥦🐝 Things have been buzzing in the Mariopa County Master Gardener Demonstration Garden!

🌿🌳❄️GARDEN MOMENTS❄️🌳🌿 Take a brief moment to learn more about frost and freeze damage in your garden and landscape.

🍆🍉🌱A Day In The Demonstration Garden🌱🍉🍆 Take a moment to join Master Gardener Maureen Tonn and other Master Gardener volunteers in our Cooperative Extension Demonstration Vegetable Garden. See what was harvested and planted this week, and get a short lesson on how to quickly sharpen your pruners.

🌵🌞🌵GARDEN MOMENT🌵🌞🌵 Join Maricopa County Master Gardener Maureen Tonn as she shares more information about the damage the iconic Saguaro cactus have sustained this summer, and some possible options on what you may be able to do with your damaged cactus. You can also choose to participate in the Desert Botanical Garden's survey on Saguaro Deaths at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdUzwxGTZcX3TrvGYY8euEheUoy586Mr-UYVYm4Yj7OUchXRg/viewform #maricopacountymastergardener, #maricopacountycooperativeextension, #saguaro, #saguarocactus #saguarodeath

🌿🍉🌿A Day In The Demonstration Garden🌿🍉🌿 Did you know that there is a Demonstration Vegetable Garden at the Maricopa County Cooperative Extension Office? Each week, Master Gardener volunteers work in the garden space to plant, clean up, weed and harvest all year! Join us as Master Gardener Volunteer Gail Cochrane shares a quick demonstration garden update on the watermelons! #maricopacountymastergardener #maricopacountycooperativeextension #demonstrationgarden #watermelonseason

🌸🌵🌕GARDEN MOMENTS🌕🌵🌸 Join our Master Gardener Trainee Peter Pawliuk as he shares his blooming Queen of the Night cactus and discusses how to propagate these unusual cacti.

🌞🌿😎GARDEN MOMENTS😎🌿🌞 Take a moment with our Master Gardener Maureen Tonn and learn about how you can use shade cloth to protect your plants, including cacti and succulents that may be experiencing heat stress this summer. #maricopacountymastergardener #gardenmoments, #shadecloth, #plantstress #summerheat #planthealth

🌺🌳🌺GARDEN MOMENTS🌺🌳🌺 Join Maricopa County Master Gardener Sheila Nelson as she shares information about the pruning and growing location of her pomegranate shrubs. #maricopacountymastergardener, #pomegranatetree, #GardenMoments

🌺🌿🐝GARDEN MOMENTS🐝🌿🌺

🌺🌿🐝GARDEN MOMENTS🐝🌿🌺 Join Master Gardener Lily Thomas as she shares her Garden Moment with the proper planting process for her new flowering Mexican Bush Sage (Salvia leucantha). #maricopacountymastergardener, #gardenmoments, #plantingseason, #salvia

🌱👩‍🌾🌼Garden Moments🌼👩‍🌾🌱 It's a Throwback Thursday with our Garden Moments. Join Master Gardener Emily Brusso who was a trainee last fall, as she shares her garden preparations for the fall gardening season. #maricopacountymastergardener, #gardenmoments, #gardenprep