10:30am – 11:30am Garden to Table: DIY Herb Garden + Fresh Tasting
Discover how easy and rewarding it can be to grow fresh herbs at home and use them in everyday cooking. In this interactive make + take workshop, guests will plant their own herb garden to take home while learning practical tips for growing herbs successfully in Arizona. The experience also includes a fresh herb-inspired tasting and recipe ideas that show guests simple, flavorful ways to bring garden-fresh ingredients into their kitchen.
11:45am – 12:45pm Edible Houseplants: Miniature Vegetables You Can Grow Indoors
Bring your kitchen garden inside and discover how easy it can be to grow mini tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants, just like houseplants! Guests will transplant their own dwarf edible seedling into a container to take home, plus learn simple tips for lighting, watering, and harvesting fresh mini veggies indoors.
1:00pm – 2:00pm Mesquite Flour Workshop: Learn to Harvest, Mill & Cook
Taste the Sonoran Desert in this hands-on workshop led by the legendary local Sonoran desert forager Cactus Kelly. Explore the uses and benefits of mesquite and other native foods, learn to harvest them sustainably, and mill mesquite bean pods into flour. You’ll also dive into recipes and cooking tips, leaving inspired and ready to sprinkle a little desert-sourced food into your kitchen!
2:15pm – 3:15pm Dormant to Thriving: A Rose of Jericho Workshop
Discover the fascinating Rose of Jericho, a unique desert plant known for appearing completely dry and lifeless before dramatically unfurling back to life with water. Guests will learn about the plant’s care, history, and transformation while watching one slowly open before their eyes, then take home their own Rose of Jericho to grow and enjoy.
3:30pm – 4:30pm DIY Terra Cotta Saucer Micro Garden
Build your own adorable mini succulent garden using terra cotta saucers, moss, stones, faux butterflies and ladybugs, tiny decorative accents, and colorful succulents to create a cute miniature garden scene.
