
Parker Filer
Assistant Agent, Horticulture
4210 N. Campbell Ave
Tucson, AZ 85719
parkerfiler@arizona.eduParker Filer is an Assistant Extension Agent in Horticulture with the University of Arizona’s Pima County Cooperative Extension. In this role he manages the unit’s agriculture and natural resources (ANR) programming, including the SmartScape and Master Gardener programs. On average these two programs reach 12,000 residents and professionals in Pima County each year through free educational activities in home horticulture, gardening, landscaping, and water conservation practices.
With the support of over 250 trained Master Gardener volunteers and Smartscape staff, Parker recognizes Cooperative Extension’s invaluable role in educating program participants about horticulture and inspiring everyone to embrace their role as a landscape steward through the study and adoption of sustainable techniques and best practices for our precious desert home.