The event previously known as Garden Day is November 16, 2024
It’s at a new location, too!
Where: Desert Wildlife Center
46500 Van Buren St., Indio, CA 92201
When: 8:30am – 12pm
Both the event and parking are free!
This year will be different! For a variety of reasons we are not able to host the event the way we have in the past.
Friends of the Palm Springs Animal Shelter is opening a new Desert Wildlife Center in Indio, and has generously invited the members of our Garden Coalition — DHSCV, UCR, Master Gardeners, and California Native Plant Society (CNPS) — to host a plant sale and vendor fair at their location.
Our Partners & Generous Sponsors
The Plant Sales
Terrific native plant and cactus nurseries will be on site selling all the plants you need for your own beautiful desert garden!
- DesertStrawhouse Native Plant Nursery (Lisha Astorga)
- The Cactus Guy (Mike Mueller)
- California Native Plant Society (Kate Barrows)
The Speaker Schedule (Updated 11/9)
We will have some speakers this year, including some of past years’ favorites!
- 8:45-9:05 Ivette Amora: Cruz Protecting Desert Wildlife through COMPOSTING (Desert Compost)
- 9:15-10:10 Kurt Leuschner, Scott Heacox, and Lisha Astorga: Birds, Bees and Plants Fitting the puzzle together
- 10:20-10:40 Susan Krings: Permaculture
- 10:40-11:00 OPPORTUNITY RAFFLE
- 11:00-11:20 Clark Elliott, Conservation Manager, Desert Water Agency
- 11:30-12:00 Al Hollinger: Proper Pruning techniques