"The Water-Smart Garden" Book Signing Event with Noelle Johnson, the 'AZ Plant Lady' (Mesa)
Schedule
Sat Apr 12 2025 at 09:00 am to 12:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
SummerWinds Nursery Mesa: 3160 S. Country Club Dr. Mesa, AZ 85210 | Mesa, AZ
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Please note: This is an in-store book signing event and opportunity to meet the author. It is not a gardening class... Books will be available for purchase in-store at SummerWinds. No registration required to attend this in-store book signing...
About Her New Book:
Have you ever faced water-use restrictions and worried about how you can still grow a beautiful, productive landscape? Let The Water-Smart Garden show you how!
As freshwater shortages increasingly strike regions around the globe, it’s more important than ever to employ water-conserving practices in the garden. Whether your landscape is filled with shrubs and perennials or fruits and vegetables, in The Water-Smart Garden, you’ll learn dozens of techniques to limit water use while growing a gorgeous and thriving garden. Not only will you learn how to make smart plant choices and improve the water-holding capacity of your soil, you’ll learn xeriscaping techniques, drought-tolerant growing tips, and plant care advice to make the most of low-water situations.
Also includes information on:
- Harvesting and redistributing rainwater in cisterns and rain barrels
- Employing methods like ollas and drip irrigation to target water directly to plant roots
- Being more water-efficient in the vegetable garden by using mulches and targeted irrigation
- Planting containers that require less-frequent watering
- Replacing a lawn with more drought-resilient plants
- Building swales and berms to redirect water to where it’s needed
Author and dry-gardening horticulturist Noelle Johnson of @az.plant.lady makes it easy to help save this precious resource and still have a resilient, attractive, and low-maintenance landscape.
Noelle Johnson is an author, horticulturist, landscape consultant, and instructor. She is also the author of the book, Dry Climate Gardening: Growing Beautiful, Sustainable Gardens in Low-Water Conditions. Popularly known as 'AZ Plant Lady' Noelle has been teaching and inspiring desert-dwellers to grow and maintain beautiful gardens that thrive in a hot, dry climate for over twenty-five years through her award-winning website www.azplantlady.com, consultations, online classes, and speaking engagements. Noelle has been featured on NPR, PBS, and Water Use It Wisely.
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Where is it happening?
SummerWinds Nursery Mesa: 3160 S. Country Club Dr. Mesa, AZ 85210, 3160 S Country Club Dr, Mesa, AZ 85210-8310, United States,Mesa, ArizonaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
