Come learn about rock gardening basics from Robin Magowan!

On October 2, 2024, the New Mexico chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society(NARGS) will begin the 2024-2025 season with a presentation by local rock garden extraordinaire Robin McGowan,“Intro to Rock Gardening.”Magowan is a poet, academician, world traveler, and gardener. In 2012 he moved from his established home and garden in Connecticut to his current home on a hillside in southeast Santa Fe, where he’s been developing and refining his fantastic garden ever since.“Magowan has very nearly single-handedly introduced more than a thousand plants to the property. Some are indigenous to New Mexico while others were ordered through catalogs specializing in rare plants from locations as far away as Turkey.” (Kathy Haq, “A Poet and his Rock Garden,” Santa Fe Extension Master Gardeners newsletter, October 2019).

Reservation recommended - Register here

New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service will host a virtual Green Chile Preservation Workshop to share safe home food preservation techniques on drying, canning, freezing and preserving New Mexican green chile. The workshop will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Oct. 1, 8, 15 and 22 on Zoom. 

The workshops are free and open to all New Mexicans. Registration is required, and the deadline is Sept. 30. Max capacity is 50 participants per workshop, and participants may attend one or all.

For more information, visit Brochure

Registration is required: Event Registration

A Let’s Grow session

Hands-on session to learn the basics of harvesting, cleaning, and storing seeds. Vegetables, herbs, and flowers will be covered. Participants will go home with seeds!

Located at the Small Classroom, Exhibit Hall, Santa Fe County Cooperative Extension Campus.

Registration required - details

Fee: $145 by August 29, 2024

Friday evening social event

Saturday program

Limited to 100 participants

Registration open to the public.

A Let’s Grow session

Participate in a hands-on demonstration and learn how to build a hot compost pile! Also covered:
vermicomposting (composting with red worms), Bokashi, tumblers and hot piles vs. cold piles or
static composting. Taught by the Santa Fe Compost Action Team, a project of the SFEMG.

Located at the SFEMG Compost Demonstration Area at the Santa Fe County Cooperative Extension Campus.

An activity of the Santa Fe Seed Stewards Project.

Need more information? email MasterGardeners@sfemg.org and put “Attention: Susie-Seed Stewards in the subject line.

Santa Fe Public Library, Cafe Room in the Southside branch

Disease, Insect and Weed ID Field Day

Join NMSU Specialists Leslie Beck, Joanie King, Phillip Lujan, and Marisa Thompson for

a morning of collecting and identifying plant diseases, disorders, insects, and weeds.

Sharpen your diagnostics and identification skills and earn 4 CEUs. Fanny pack with

specimen collection supplies provided for each participant.

Registration requested: https://rsvp.nmsu.edu/rsvp/diwiden

Don’t forget sun hat, appropriate clothing & footwear, sunscreen, and water. This is a

field and in-ground garden setting, terrain may be uneven. Bring portable chairs if you

cannot stand for over 45 minutes at a time.

Need more information or are an individual with a disability in need of an auxiliary aid or service

to participate, contact in advance Lynda Garvin (505)243-1386 or lgarvin@nmsu.

Discover Extension

Delivering Solutions to Improve Lives for All New Mexicans

See demonstrations by Master Gardeners, enjoy food tastings, youth

activities, and all we have to offer the Santa Fe community.

For a complete schedule, directions, and more information visit:

https://santafeextension.nmsu.edu/

Let’s grow series

Proper deadheading stimulates new growth and offers an opportunity to shape the bush. Wear long-sleeved shirt, gloves, hat; bring pruners and plastic-type container for cut rose canes.

Harvey Cornell Rose Garden, 1320 Galisteo Parkway

FREE, no registration required

Let’s grow series

Learn how to successfully grow colorful, drought-tolerant, low-maintenance native plants.

Native Plant Demonstration Gardens, Santa Fe County Cooperative Extension Campus, 3229 Rodeo Road

FREE, No registration required

Let’s grow series

You can be a part of the new community compost project where we come together to compost kitchen scraps and yard trimmings. Hands-on training to prepare you to use the 3-bin composting system; after orientation, you are free to join the co-op. Members are asked to commit at least 1 hr/month to the project. Instructor: Amber Anastasion, Community Compost Project, Compost Captain

Compost Area, Santa Fe County Cooperative Extension Campus, 3229 Rodeo Road

Free, no registration required

Let’s Grow Series

Learn how to successfully establish a native grass meadow from seed and which grasses do best in our area.

Native Plant Demonstration Gardens, Santa Fe County Cooperative Extension Campus, 3229 Rodeo Road

Free, no registration required

Let’s Grow Series

Learn about native Keystone Plants and gardening practices that will turn your yard into a beautiful habitat filled with butterflies, birds, bees, caterpillars, and other beneficial insect specialists.

Exhibition Hall, Santa Fe County Cooperative Extension Campus, 3229 Rodeo Road

Free, no registration required

Let’s grow series

Jannine Cabossel, Santa Fe's Tomato Lady, will share her experiences and challenges of growing vegetables in Northern New Mexico. She'll also discuss tips on using organic and sustainable methods to help a garden thrive. This class is sponsored by the Santa Fe Seed Stewards, a project of SFEMG, the Santa Fe Public Library, and NMSU.

Southside Library Community Room

FREE, No registration required

Let’s grow series

Learn how the historic Garden at El Zaguán was created in the mid-1800s, changes in its landscaping over the last 170 years, and how support for native pollinators and wildlife, combined with climate stresses, are driving new plant choices and cultivation practices. Discover practical strategies to promote sustainable gardening across the seasons. Light refreshments will be provided.

Garden at El Zaguan, 545 Canyon Road

Free, no registration required

Let’s Grow Series

Learn how to create your own rain garden, one-rock dam, media luna, Zuni bowl and more.

Native Plant Demonstration Gardens, Santa Fe County Cooperative Extension Campus, 3229 Rodeo Road

Free, No Registration Required

The Santa Fe Extension Master Gardeners’ annual Garden Fair returns as an exciting in-person community event on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at the Santa Fe County Fairgrounds. This is a free, public event celebrating our shared interests in learning about and participating in every aspect of gardening in the Santa Fe area.

The 2024 Garden Fair will include:

• Plant Sale featuring an extraordinary selection of plants appropriate for our high desert climate

• Garden Shed featuring gently-used donated garden tools and equipment
  Donate & Shop at the Garden Shed

• Vendors: An exciting array of local nurseries and garden-related vendors from across the city

• Exhibits and Demos showcasing the SFEMG’s many volunteer projects

• Speakers and Lectures by some of our area’s foremost gardening experts

• Junior Gardener Corner: Fun and educational activities for children and families

• Food trucks and live music

Plant ID Workshop with Dr. Sylvan Kaufman

Pavilion at the Botanical Garden at Museum Hill, 715 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe

$ / registration required / 1.5 CE

Growing Chile Peppers in New Mexico with NMSU Extension Vegetable Specialist Dr. Stephanie Walker

Free / registration required / 1 CE

Santa Fe Botanical Garden at Museum Hill, 715 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe

Rose Pruning Workshop with Director of Horticulture Linda Churchill

$ / registration required / 2 CE

‘What the Heck is a Herbarium?’  by Renee Galeano-Popp

Tuesday, April 9, Native Plant Society of New Mexico - Santa Fe Chapter Meeting.

Free / 1 CE

Santa Fe Botanical Garden

Udall Building, 725 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe

Invasive Species Workshop with Dr. Sylvan Kaufman

$ / registration required / 2 CE

Sponsored by Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

In the Life of the Bumble Bee Queen (and the Cuckoo) webinar

Free / registration required / 1 CE

Santa Fe Cactus & Succulent Club monthly meeting

Each month the club shares a great program with members and guests. All are welcome to attend and meetings are free to the public.

1 CE

"Elm Thinning workshop and Clean Up" with Aaron Kauffman

A Santa Fe Watershed Association event

Free / registration required / 2 CE

Sponsored by New Mexico State College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau.

Date: March 15, 2024
Time: 8:30-3:00
Location: Alcalde Community Center
26 State Hwy 389, Alcalde, NM 87566
Fee: $20.00 meal and materials (pay at event)

For pre-registration please call: 505-471-4711 and speak with Tom or Andrea.
Pre-registration ends March 8, 2024.

Workshop brochure and details

"Garden Superstars" with Bob Pennington

$ / registration required / 2 CE

Wildflowers of the Railyard Park with Izzy Barr, executive director of the Railyard Park Conservancy

Free / 1 CE

"Regenerative Water Strategies" with Amanda Bramble

$ / registration required / 3 CE

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