Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa

Every Saturday, a free garden class is offered at Watters Garden Center, 9:30 to 10:30 am. 

Late summer is not only the peak of bug season, there's also intense pressure from furry visitors in our yards. Students start with best practices to keep javelina and pack rats away, then quickly move to solutions for grasshoppers and tomato worms. You can have a nice yard with these easy-to-use tips and a few …

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Evergreens can be the anchor of any landscape, providing color and privacy year-round. We'll dispel the myth that the only evergreens are pine trees, when in fact they can be a multitude of different shapes, colors, and sizes—there are even evergreens that aren't green!

Learn all the mountain secrets to local garden success. This is an information packed class guaranteed to increase garden blooms and fruit this year. Learn about growing zones, frost dates, soils and more; you'll know exactly what to do in the gardens after this class.  

Dancing for the Stars August 25 & 26 at Yavapai College. The Boys & Girls Clubs are a crucial piece of our community. A community of people who will do whatever it takes for our kids. As an integral part of this culture, we are pleased to recognize and thank our supporters. There is no better way to thank donors than to have the leading champions of our community be honored as distinguished citizens at a jaw-dropping public event. What better way to thank donors and honor citizens than by having them perform and dance, all to ensure great futures for our youth. DancingForTheStars.net #DancingForTheStars

We share the Top 10 Pretty Trees that prefer planting in warm summer soil.  You will be a blooming tree pro after this week's show. 

Lichen grows fast through summer and even faster is monsoon rains help.  We answer the question 'Does Lichen Kill Trees."  You will be a lichen pro after this week show. 

Summer rains are ferocious. Some are so strong they wash away hills, driveways, and raised beds.  With the summer heat, the weeds grow twice as fast.  In this episode, we share how to deal with weeds and retain garden soil in the landscape.  You will be a garden pro after this week's show. 

Flowers grow big in the gardens through summer.  In this episode, we share the huge flowers for amazing garden color that lasts through Autumn. You will be a summer blooming pro after this week's show. 

Agaves, known as century plants, thrive in mountain landscapes.  We share the hardiest varieties and how to use and grow each.  You will be an agave pro after this week's show.

Beautiful groundcovers and erosion control are both viable as the summer rain begins.  This is the fast-growing list of spreading plants and how to grow them.  You will be a ground cover pro after this week's show. 

The biggest boldest flowers of the year are grown now.  We share the best of the best for big bold flowers now through Autumn and Fall.  You will be s summer blooming pro after this week's show. 

We share the differences between organic and chemical fertilizers and how each affects your vegetables, fruits, and landscape plants. You will be a plant food pro after this week's show.