Education is not just a sideline for ZonaGardens, it is one of our core
values. We teach desert gardeners how to be successful here.
Upcoming Events
Saturday, January 9th
10:00am
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Hot Pots with Lynn Hassler |
Tohono Chul Park
Tucson, Arizona |
Wednesday & Thursday January 27 & 28
9:15am; 11:00am
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Perfect Plant Combinations |
Mid-Atlantic Horticulture Short Course (www.mahsc.org)
Virginia Beach, Virginia |
Saturday, February 6th
2:00pm
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Junk Gardens: Santa Fe Greenhouses Lecture Series |
Santa Fe, New Mexico |
Wednesday, February 10th
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Strategies for Designing Drought Tolerant Gardens |
Smithsonian Institution
Washington D.C. |
Saturday, February 13th
11:30am-12:30pm
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Hot Gardens |
Oro Valley Library
Festival of Books
Keynote Speech
Oro Valley, Arizona |
Thursday, February 25th
7:00pm
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Small-scale Urban Landscaping |
15th Annual Water Conservation/Xeriscape Conference
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
Wednesday, March 3rd
6:00pm
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Principles of Landscape Design |
Watershed Management Group
Tucson, Arizona |
Thursday, March 4
11:00am
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Envisioning Your Garden Through Photography |
Phoenix Art Museum
Arts and Flowers
Keynote Lecture
Phoenix, Arizona |
Saturday, March 13th
10:00am
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With Adam Gollner, Wicked & Forbidden: Writing about deadly and dangerous plants |
Tucson Festival of Books
Tucson, Arizona |
Friday, March 26th
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Anza-Borrego Natural History Association; The Hot Garden |
Anza-Borrego
National Park
California |
Wednesday, April 14th
9:00am
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Raingardening |
University of Arizona Cooperative Extension
Tucson, Arizona |
Wednesday, June 9th
9:00am
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Raingardening |
University of Arizona Cooperative Extension
Tucson, Arizona |
Saturday, August 14th
9:00am
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Raingardening |
University of Arizona Cooperative Extension
Tucson, Arizona |
Saturday, October 30th
9:00am
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Raingardening |
University of Arizona Cooperative Extension
Tucson, Arizona |
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General Information
Scott Calhoun
is the primary presenter for ZonaGardens. He has entertained and amused
groups from 10 to 300 people.
 Organizations that have used Scott’s
public speaking talents include the San Francisco Flower Show, Western National Parks Association,
Sabino Canyon Visitor’s Center, Arizona
Native Plant Society, The Boise Flower and Garden Show, Tohono Chul Park,
and Tucson Botanical Gardens. References are available upon request.
All of Scott’s lectures are illustrated though digital
images. Please email Scott to discuss technical arrangements before the event.
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Rates
Speaking fees are negotiated on a case by case basis.
All topics
below are approximately 1 hour in length—plan for two hours minimum
to allow for setup, questions and answers, and take-down.
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Speaking Topics
- Fun and Frugal: Big Garden Ideas for Small Budgets
- No Drip, No Problem: Strategies for a No-Irrigation Landscape
- Go Native! Local Replacements for Common Exotics
- Chasing Wildflowers: A Mad Search for Wild Gardens
- Yard Full of Sun: The Story of a Gardener’s Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand
- Designing With Colored Walls
- New Watering Strategies for Desert Gardens
- The Rock and Roll Container Garden
- Prickly Pear Passion: Growing, Harvesting and Cooking with Prickly Pear Cactus Fruit.
- Desert Vines: The Drapery of the Garden
- The High Lonesome Garden: Plants for the High Elevation Arid West
- Wildflower Workshop: Knitting The Landscape Together with Wildflowers
- Rainwater Harvesting Using Cisterns
- Seductive Silvers: Making a Sterling Garden With Desert Plants
- Junque Yards: Gardening with Found Objects
- Grow Up! Vertical Desert Plants for Small Garden
- Small Plants for Small Spaces
Want to further customize a presentation or have
another topic in mind? No
problem—just
contact us.
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To schedule a class or speaking event, or for additional information,
please contact
us.
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