Apr 10 to Apr 13

2025 American Daffodil Society National Convention

The Western Region cordially invites you to attend Reno Royale for the 2025 American Daffodil Society Convention, from April 10- 13, 2025, at the Peppermill Resort Spa Casino in Reno, Nevada. We will be twenty-five minutes from Lake Tahoe, fifty golf courses are within ninety minutes, and gardens with thousands of Daffodils are only twenty minutes away. Come in early (Wed, Apr 9) or leave a few days later to explore the wonderful Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, wild horses and high desert.

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Oct 19

Build Botanicals & Bond: a Ladies LEGO® Workshop (Tucson, AZ)

Bring joy and sunshine into your day by building LEGO® sunflowers and bonding with ladies in an all-female space hosted by LEGO® Masters contestant Emily Mohajeri Norris. This one-of-a-kind workshop offers women ages 18+ a safe space to replace the stress of daily life with relaxing, uplifting, and creative energy. Participants will enjoy strengthening old friendships and making new ones over light refreshments. They will dive into a simple but delightful and customizable LEGO® building experience to create adorable sunflowers. You’ll go home nourished in body and soul with your new LEGO® sunflowers arranged in a vase to brighten your every day!

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Oct 16

Botanical Art in Pencil and Ink: Marigold Sketchbook Doodles (Tucson, AZ)

This class is a great introduction to drawing along with pen techniques using botany as our main subject. The specific theme for this class: Marigolds. The tools and techniques shared in this workshop will be beneficial to creating beautiful florals on the go while we brush up on our drawing skills. This is a fun warmup class that can potentially help get you into nature to document flowers in person!

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Oct 12

Essential Oils for Green Cleaning (Tucson, AZ)

Learn to make your own natural cleaning products with essential oils with certified aromatherapist Kerry Cummins Blank. Find out which oils to use for counter sprays, grout cleaners, cutting board blends and more. Each participant will make a product of their own to take with them.

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Oct 11

Plant for Success: Best Tips for Choosing, Planting, and Maintaining (Tucson, AZ)

Fall is the best time to add new plants to the landscape. But timing isn’t all you need for success. Knowing which types of plants will thrive through our hot summers and understanding what exposure they will do best is critical for their survival and looking their best. Horticulturist Noelle Johnson, aka ‘AZ Plant Lady’, will share her best tips for plant success, from selecting, planting, and how best to care for them afterward for a beautiful, resilient outdoor space.

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Oct 09

Watercolor Butterflies (Tucson, AZ)

Capture the beauty of some of nature’s most conspicuous creatures. Illustrator and artist Devon Meyer will give step-by-step instruction on drawing butterflies in perspective and mark-making techniques. Beginner to intermediate sketching and watercolor.

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Oct 08

Draw Nightlife – White Ink on Black Paper (Tucson, AZ)

Use white ink pens on black paper to illustrate Sonoran Desert mammals and birds, including elf owls, javelina, and mountain lions. We’ll use tried-and-true ink drawing textures and techniques while exploring our individual styles.

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Oct 03

Desert Container Gardening – 365 Days of Living Color (Tucson, AZ)

As desert summers grow longer and hotter and winters bring sudden temperature drops, maintaining a thriving container garden can be challenging. Discover the secrets of successful container gardening from Marylee, who has honed her methods over 30 years of designing, planting, and caring for thousands of pots. Uncover the keys to thriving desert container gardens with Marylee’s proven Beat the Heat Pillars: Pots, Placement, Plants, Prevention, and Pleasure. These insights will equip you to confidently plan and enjoy your potted gardens year-round, regardless of the weather.

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Nov 02

Herbs for Winter Blues (Littleton, CO)

During the winter months, dealing with the long, cold, dark days can be challenging as it affects our mood, leading to the “winter blues.” Join our workshop to explore herbs that can assist our nervous system and specifically boost our spirits. You will have the opportunity to create a tea and a tincture using these herbs to take home with you.

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Oct 26

Regenerative Gardening Practices to Create and Maintain Native Garden (Denver, CO)

As a professional and certified Regenerative Gardener, certified Soil Advocate, and certified Master Composter, I believe healthy gardens and landscapes begin with rebuilding the soil using mostly native plant species. Supporting ecosystem biodiversity and protecting pollinators, without using chemical pesticides or fertilizers, is the foundation of my practice. The quality and vitality of our landscape is a direct reflection of healthy soil and intentional care. My journey in gardening began more than twenty years ago with my own garden. Over the years I’ve refined my gardening and design experience to evolve with a changing ecological awareness. As a lifelong Coloradan, I have a keen understanding of our unique environment. My priority is protecting our precious ecosystem from the ground up one garden at a time. Inviting resiliency into our urban and suburban landscapes is essential to balancing our expanding land development and resource losses. I’m passionate about helping clients discover the beauty and importance of regenerative gardening practices while working with holistic concepts to create their vision of a space they want to be in and grow in.

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