Pima County Master Gardener Propagation Event

This educational workshop will teach you all the skills you need to propagate seeds and cuttings successfully. Master Gardeners and other Community Experts will be on hand to teach you and answer all your propagation questions.
We will have seven stations. You can pick and choose what interests you the most or do them all.

Cost: $30 for adults; kids 12 and under are free. We will accept cash or checks at the door. This includes admission, the class, a potted seed and cutting start to take home, and education at each station.

Stations

• Cutting Propagation Station: Drop in anytime to propagate a fig tree from a cutting. We all also be share information on how and when to collect cuttings.
• Seed Propagation Station: Drop in in anytime, choosing seeds to plant in a pot and take home with you. Discuss what soil works the best and when to plant in the ground.
• Seed Storage & Tips Class from 9:15- 9:45 & 10:15-10:45:  This presentation will go over seed handling and answer questions like do you need to stratify your seeds and how to do this, how to tell if your seeds are viable, & identifying seeds for this season. We will also talk about Orthodox and Recalcitrant seeds, and how to ship seeds.
• Harvesting seeds Garden Tour starts every half hour. This will be an MG lead tour of our demonstration gardens where we showcase how we harvest seeds from our garden.
• The Value of a Tree Station: Drop in anytime to learn about the value of a tree. We will be sharing tips on where a tree should be planted on a property to help shade your home to cut back on energy costs, and lots of other fun tree facts.
• Seed Matching Game: Drop in anytime to see how many plants you know by their seeds.
• Free Seed Table: We will have lots of free seeds to take home, if you have seeds your not use and want to bring them to share please do!