The University of Arizona Pima County Cooperative Extension will offer free master gardener presentations this year at Wilmot-Murphy Library on Wednesdays at 1 p.m and Oro Valley Library on Fridays at 1 p.m.
Topics and dates (Oro Valley in parentheses) include the following:
Oct. 3 (5): Preparing your vegetable garden, plant selection and getting it in the ground
Oct. 17 (19): Ask a master gardener
Nov. 7 (9): Maintaining your garden, problem solving and seed collection
Jan. 9 (11): Success with roses in the desert Southwest
Jan. 16 (18): Ask a master gardener
Feb. 6 (8): Getting ready for your warm weather vegetable garden
Feb. 20 (22): Ask a master gardener
March 6 (8): Care and feeding of citrus
March 20 (22): Ask a master gardener
April 3 (5): Creating and maintaining versatile container gardens
April 17 (19): Ask a master gardener
Classes will also be held at Mission Library on Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. For more information or to reach a master gardener in Tucson, call 626-5161, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. To reach a master gardener in Green Valley, call 648-0808, 8 a.m.-noon.
