2025
UPCOMING EVENTS:
May 30, 2025, Xeriscape: Making your yard desert friendly. Water Authority Online Class. Sign up here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f4687e88-4004-4cbc-8364-ec091a4b47ab@ee17a019-664a-4893-9afa-b96cc2e502a9
June 13, 2025, Xeriscape: Making your yard desert friendly. Water Authority Online Class. Sign up here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/ba2b96a1-18fc-4407-b86b-4122cc1b9a22@ee17a019-664a-4893-9afa-b96cc2e502a9
June 20, 2025, 3 steps to landscape success. Water Authority Online Class. Sign up here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/21b60f6d-0ca2-4848-87e7-cf5e82a2d645@ee17a019-664a-4893-9afa-b96cc2e502a9
July 11, 2025, Water-Wise Vegetable Gardening
With our hot summers and low precipitation, growing vegetables in NM can be
challenging. This talk will provide strategies and recommendations for growers to
cultivate a thriving vegetable harvest in the region. Discussion will include irrigation and infrastructure suggestions, as well as selection of vegetable varieties that are well-adapted to the area. Instructor: Stephanie Walker, PhD. Professor and Vegetable Specialist, New Mexico State University, Extension Plant Sciences Department. Water Authority Online Class. Sign up here: https://www.abcwua.org/conservation-rebates-workshops/
July 25, 2025, Maintaining Tree Health During Drought
Learn from Albuquerque’s leading tree expert how to identify drought stress in trees,
understand their responses to drought, and implement strategies to keep them alive and thriving in hot, dry weather. Instructor: Joran Viers, Board Certified Master Arborist and Municipal Specialist, International Society of Arboriculture (ISA). Senior Arborist, Legacy Tree Company,Albuquerque. Former City Forester, City of Albuquerque. Water Authority Online Class. Sign up here: https://www.abcwua.org/conservation-rebates-workshops/
Receive a $20 rebate on one of the online classes you attend offered by the Water Utility Authority. Contact Bryana Romero at bnromero@abcwua.org for additional information. (one $20 class rebate allowed per fiscal year between July 1-June 30th.)
For local programs near you we recommend you also check your local neighborhood association, community centers, senior centers, and neighborhood library. You can find all of those at https://www.cabq.gov/
Classes around town:
Albuquerque Bio Park (Botanic Garden): Monthly Events and Classes
Albuquerque Master Gardeners: Monthly Classes
Albuquerque Rose Society: Monthly meetings
Bernalillo County Open Space: Weekly events and programs.
Bernalillo County Extension Master Composters Classes: Weekly classes all year.
Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program: Bosque School and UNM
City of Albuquerque Open Space: Weekly events and programs.
Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm: Birdwatching events and garden tours.
Los Ranchos Agri-Nature Center: Workshops and events.
Native Plant Society of New Mexico: Workshops
Next Generation Water Summit: May 19th-20th
NM State Cooperative Extension Service: Weekly Webinars
Osuna University: Weekend Classes
Rio Grande Nature Center State Park: Events and programs.
Rio Grande Farmers Coalition: Monthly meetings.
Tree New Mexico: Monthly Tree Plantings
Think Trees New Mexico: Annual Conference in February
Valle de Oro: Events and programs.
Yerba Manza Project: Plant walks
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Albuquerque, NM 87103-0568
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