Glendale’s Garden Festival –
A Free Green Event for the Entire Family
Come celebrate everything green at the Glendale Garden Festival on May 3rd. This is an opportunity for the entire family to learn about desert gardening and green living at the award-winning Glendale Xeriscape Demonstration Garden.
The event includes interactive garden art activities, go green information booths, and entertaining presentations and activities for people of all ages. Adults can learn from the experts about tree care, low-water-use gardening, water harvesting and more. Children can participate in a variety of fun, hands-on activities in the garden and attend a puppet show and magic show about water in the desert.
The Glendale Garden Festival will be held May 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Xeriscape Demonstration Garden surrounding the Glendale Main Library (5959 W. Brown Street, Glendale). The event is free and open to the public.
Glendale Garden Festival Schedule of Events May 3, 2008
Glendale Main Library
5959 W. Brown St.
FREE PLANTS
In the South Garden
8:30 a.m. - Show up and receive free plants. Free plants to the first 100 people.
10 a.m. - Win a free landscape plant package.
No purchase - just show up for your chance to win.
Shows for Children
in the Auditorium 10-11 a.m. - Conservation Magic Show, ages 5 to 10 years old
11 a.m.-noon - Zoner and the Drip Puppet Show about conservation, Ages 5 to 8 years old
9:30 - 11:00 Stop by the Radio Disney Green Team activity booth for free eco-friendly prizes
Interactive Activities
at the South entrance of the Library 9 a.m.-noon
Art activities - Ages 5 to adult learn about desert plants and animals. Take home plant art that you create.
Information booths - get a free canvass shopping bag and lots of good information on how to go green.
Be sure to stop by the “ask a Master Gardener” table.
Workshops for Adults
in the large meeting room
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. - Using Rain Water in Your Landscape, Brad Lancaster author of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. - Care of Trees and Shrubs, Jo Miller co-author of Earth friendly Desert Gardening
11:30 – 12:30 a.m. - Great Plants for a Great Garden, Jo Cook, Master Gardener
In the Library Auditorium 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. - Backyard Nature Ponds; Paul Holdeman, The Pond Gnome
Outdoor Classroom Demonstration
south garden
10-10:45 a.m. -
Cactus Care 101, The Cactus Doctor, Cacti Horticulture Specialist
For More on the Festival!
For more information call the Glendale Water Conservation Office at 623 930-3535.
What We’re About
The mission of the Water Conservation Office is to provide a comprehensive water conservation program that promotes efficient water use by providing the information and inspiration needed—to save water.
Established in 1985, Glendale’s Water Conservation Office offers a variety of programs. For details on programs offered, click on the links at the top of this page or you can choose from our most popular programs listed below.
Saving water makes WaterSense. A new program sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, WaterSense is designed to protect the future of our nation’s water supply by promoting and enhancing water-efficient products and services. By choosing products and services with the WaterSense label, such as toilets, fixtures, appliances, and certified irrigation professionals, you’ll save water for future generations. The City of Glendale is proud to be a WaterSense partner. For more information visit the WaterSense Web site www.epa.gov/watersense/.
Important Resources and Downloads
Water Watchers Program for Glendale Teachers!
Read some testimonials from water wise kids and teachers! Click here to read them now.
Click here for information on FREE landscape classes.
Click here for information on rebate incentives for the removal of grass at homeowner associations, businesses, and multi-family properties.
Click here for information on Landscape rebate program for homeowners
Click here for information on FREE self-guided audio tour of the Xeriscape Botanical Garden.
Click here for FREE water education resources for teachers
Click hereto read the current issue of Clean & Green. Click here for the Water Conservation insert.
