Garden Day is October 22, 2022
UCR Palm Desert
75080 Frank Sinatra Dr, Palm Desert, CA 92211
Both the event and parking are free!
Our Exciting Lineup of Speakers (Inside)
- DHSCV Presents:
- 9:30am Burrtec will introduce their new composting program
- 10:30am Planning Your Desert Garden — Paul Ortega and Ignacio Moreno
- 11:30am Embracing Change in Our Gardens: The New Perspective — Wendy Proud from Mountain States Wholesale Nursery
- 12:30pm Wonderful Winter Color by Jacqueline Soule — What to plant instead of annuals!
- Master Gardeners Presents:
- 9:30am Citrus with Burt Boss
- 10:30am Vegetables and Herbs with Barbara Kay-Levin
- 11:30am Native Plants: Creating Wildlife Habitats with Brad Hardison
- 12:30pm Roses with Fred Hooper
- UCR Center for Biodiversity Presents:
- 9:30am Cooling Heat Islands with Drought Resistant Trees by Janet Hartin, UC ANR
- 10:30am How do Plants Work? By Lynn Sweet, UCR Center for Conservation Biology
- 11:30am Rock On / Give Me Shelter by Cameron Barrows, UCR Center for Conservation Biology
- 12:30pm The Unseen World of Your Desert Garden: Native Insects and Arachnids by Scott Heacox, UCR Center for Conservation Biology
- Spanish Language:
- 9:30am Jardinería de Vegetales del Desierto Durante el Invierno by Cesar Lopez Barreras
- 10:30am Jardinería de Vegetales del Desierto Durante el Invierno by Cesar Lopez Barreras
- 11:30am Planeando Tu Jardín de Desierto by Ignacio Moreno
The Desert Horticultural Society Pavilion (Outside)
A new feature, we’ll have a big outdoor tent for short lectures and one-on-one time with our speakers available all day to answer questions and give informal talks.
- Jacqueline Soule will talk about native plants and desert gardening
- Lisha Astorga from Desert StrawHouse Nursery will talk about why she’s growing natives and how you can, too
- Students from College of the Desert will answer your irrigation questions, big and small
- CV Water Counts will give away Lush & Efficient (which Jacqueline helped write!) and reusable water bottles
- Burrtec will answer questions about the new composting program which started this month in Coachella Valley
- Clare Piaget & Jessyca Frederick assembled some great references for Common Desert Plants by Water Needs and an irrigation schedule for every type of plant and sprinkler
Plants for Sale!
- Master Gardeners will have their annual plant sale
- California Native Plant Society will sell (lots of) plants
- Two Milkweed non-profits will be selling plants to help those Monarchs
Great Vendors!
- The Living Desert
- California Native Plant Society
- Master Gardeners
- UCR California Naturalists and Climate Stewards
- CV Water Counts
- Burrtec
- Palm Springs Reptile Appreciation
- Vermisteria (Vermiculture, using worms to make your garden amazing)
- Plumeria Society
- Desert Rose Society
- Oswit Land Trust & Prescott Preserve
- Palm Springs Animal Shelter
- Milkweed for Monarchs
- And more!!