“This is such a steal, it’s ridiculous,” Georgia Munsell said of Keep Sedona Beautiful’s 36th annual Native Plant Workshop.
“But it is educational. We’re trying to educate people,” she added, explaining how the price point for the event, which takes place Saturday, March 28 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., helps attract people outside the traditional gardening demographic of Sedona – namely, younger people who might not be able to afford a pricey ticket.
According to KSB co-chairwoman Nancy Spinelli, she and her co-organizers – Munsell and fellow co-chairwoman Susan Murrill – anticipate that 120 to 180 people will attend the whole-day event at West Sedona School. They will make use of the cafeteria for the keynote speakers, classrooms for individual workshops and the school property itself for a guided tour of local plantlife.
The nine presenters are all local to Northern Arizona, focusing specifically on the Verde Valley and Prescott due to complementary weather conditions and ecologies. The vast majority of plants discussed are native, Spinelli said, though a few drought-adapted plants will be featured, as well.
“This is when you should be planting native plants,” Spinelli explained, adding that it is of utmost importance for locals to maintain the rainwater on their property and avoid using more water from the tap. In addition to benefiting our water supply, planting native plants helps wildlife flourish.
To read the full story, see the Friday, March 20, edition of the Sedona Red Rock News.
