2025 Public Classes
Nature to You gets you gardening in cooperation with Town of Marana Parks and Recreation and Pima County Public Library.
Imagine a Garden Storytime
Saturday, March 15, 10:30-11:15 a.m. FREE! Limited seating, please arrive early. Martha Cooper Library
Read a magical gardening story. Discover plants for play, food, and flowers. Then design and plant a garden for you to take home. And yes, make a little mess! Dress for the weather – this storytime will take place outside.
Portable Gardening
Friday, April 11, 10:30-12:30. Quincie Douglas Library. FREE
Garden on the go with this sampler class about growing plants in jars, take-out trays, and other creative containers. Read a beautiful book of gardens in unexpected places. Create your own tiny green space to take with you! Dress for the weather – this program may take place outside.
Imagine a Garden Storytime
Friday, May 9, 2:30-3:30. Miller-Golf Links Library. FREE
Read a magical gardening story. Discover plants for play, food, and flowers. Then design and plant a garden for you to take home. And yes, make a little mess!
W is for Worms Workshop
Saturday, May 10, 11:00-1:00. Quincie Douglas Library. FREE
Would you like to raise earthworms? Handle live red wrigglers, read cool worm stories, and come up with fun wormy words. Then construct worm bins out of re-purposed materials. Take worms home to care for and help your garden too!
Seed Sponges Storytime
Friday, May 30, 10:30-11:30. Oro Valley Public Library. FREE
Play with seeds big and small, squish sponges and real soil, read an inspiring seed story, then start a little garden in a sponge! Dress for the weather – this storytime may take place outside.
Seed Sponges Storytime
Thursday, June 5, 10:00-11:00. Dewhirst-Catalina Library. FREE
Play with seeds big and small, squish sponges and real soil, read an inspiring seed story, then start a little garden in a sponge! Dress for the weather – this storytime may take place outside.
Wet & Wild in the Garden
Monday, June 9 - Friday, June 13, 8.00 - 9:00 a.m. Marana Community Garden. $50/family Marana resident ($62.50/family non-Marana resident). Register HERE.
If your family gets up with the sun, summer mornings start EARLY. Bring your restless kids out to the Marana Community Garden to care for plants, find wild critters, and play imaginative games. Every session uses water play to help keep us cool. Activities include squirting plants and people, investigating mud and worms, seeking habitat for birds and kids, and planting and snacking on garden goodies. Take home new ideas for exploring your own backyard too!
Portable Gardening
Tuesday, June 10, 2:00-3:00. River-Dusenberry-River Library. FREE
Garden on the go with this sampler class about growing plants in jars, take-out trays, and other creative containers. Read a beautiful book of gardens in unexpected places. Create your own tiny green space to take with you!
W is for Worms Workshop
Wednesday, June 11, 2:00-4:00. Sam Lena-South Tucson Library. FREE
Would you like to raise earthworms? Handle live red wrigglers, read cool worm stories, and come up with fun wormy words. Then construct worm bins out of re-purposed materials. Take worms home to care for and help your garden too!
Seed Sponges Storytime
Saturday, June 21, 10:30-11:30. Quincie Douglas Library. FREE
Play with seeds big and small, squish sponges and real soil, read an inspiring seed story, then start a little garden in a sponge! Dress for the weather – this storytime may take place outside.