Water Efficiency Workshops

Scottsdale Water offers free water efficiency workshops designed to help residents learn how to use water more efficiently in their homes and yards. 

Please note, online registration is REQUIRED for all guided Scottsdale Xeriscape Garden Tours. For other workshops, those who register are guaranteed a spot and registration is highly encouraged. Walk-ins will be accommodated as space allows. 

Plant Something! FALL 2019 SCHEDULE

Fall is the Time to Get Roots in the Ground

Plant Something and learn how much and how often to water!

Take control of your landscape watering with step-by-step instructions. You’ll get hands-on practice setting the timer on an irrigation controller.

Date: Thursday, October 3, 2019 
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Civic Center Library Auditorium, 3839 N Drinkwater Blvd

Plant Something and select the right plant for the right place!

Choosing plants that are just right for your yard is the key to successful landscaping in the desert. Discover how from an expert!

Date: Thursday, October 10, 2019
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Civic Center Library Auditorium, 3839 N Drinkwater Blvd

No one likes going hungry—especially not the birds visiting your yard! Learn how and why native plants are critical to wildlife… and how to select the right plant for the right place. Discover Audubon's new search-able database of nearly 3,000 native plants and trees and unlock the potential of your yard to be beautiful, low maintenance and bird friendly!

Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Civic Center Library Auditorium, 3839 N Drinkwater Blvd

Plant Something and have color year round

Why not be surrounded by color year-round? Landscape plants provide color through different seasons.  Learn how to complement their function in your garden, and fill periodic color gaps, in fun and bright ways to keep your landscape vibrant throughout the year.

Date: Thursday, October 17, 2019
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Civic Center Library Auditorium, 3839 N Drinkwater Blvd

Plant Something and nourish it with rainwater harvesting

An expert from Watershed Management Group will teach you how to use passive rainwater harvesting to create a series of berms, basins, and swales that will direct rainwater to beneficial use for plants while reducing flooding and erosion in your yard. Learn how these practices will slow the flow of the water, spread it across the areas where it's needed, and sink it into the ground.

Date: Thursday, October 24, 2019
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Civic Center Library Auditorium, 3839 N Drinkwater Blvd

Plant Something and design and install drip irrigation to water it

Simple things you need to know to make your drip irrigation system efficient and easy to maintain. Irrigation Specialist Jeff Lee will show you how to design and install a drip irrigation system.

Date: Saturday, November 2, 2019
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Civic Center Library Auditorium, 3839 N Drinkwater Blvd

Scottsdale Xeriscape Garden Tour at Chaparral Park (Choose one tour date)

Take a walking tour (2 miles) through the Scottsdale Xeriscape Garden at Chaparral Park. See water-thrifty plants in action and have your desert plant questions answered by an expert.

Date: Saturday, October 26, 2019 OR Friday, November 1, 2019
Time: 10 a.m. to noon
Location: Scottsdale Xeriscape Garden, SE corner of Hayden Road & McDonald Drive near the dog park

Please park near Chaparral Dog Park. Do not park at the Chaparral Water Treatment Plant.

Follow the signs to meet at Shady Terrace (the big shade sails) pictured below.

There will be signs posted around the parking lot near the dog park, softball fields and walking paths that will help direct you to the appropriate meeting location.

Remember to bring water, a hat and sunscreen.

Other Resources:

• Scottsdale Green Building Lecture Series
• AMWUA Calendar of Landscape Workshops
• Water - Use It Wisely Calendar of Landscape Workshops
• Desert Botanical Garden Education