GrowTogether Garden

Garden Work Day (volunteers welcome)
2025-11-13 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Phoenix) | 2181 Country Club Dr. Overgaard, AZ 85933, 2181 Country Club Dr., Overgaard, 85933, United States
Thursday, November 13, 2025, from 9 am to noon.
Join us in the new garden (located behind Mountain Meadows Elementary) as we remove downed trees, rake up debris and branches, and prepare to move the grow beds to their new homes.
Bring:

Gloves
Water (or beverage of choice, NA of course)
Rake or shovel (if you want to help with moving dirt)

See you there!! Don’t forget that this counts toward your required volunteer hoursf!

Cold Hands, Warm Harvest: Ways to Grow Veggies in the Winter
2025-11-08 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | Heber-Overgaard Fire District, 2061 Lumber2061 Lumber Valley Rd,, Overgaard, 85933, United States
Join us for our upcoming class: Cold Hands, Warm Harvest: Ways to Grow Veggies in the Winter

Date: Saturday, November 8, 2025
Time: 2:00-4:00 PM
Location: Heber-Overgaard Fire Department, 2061 Lumber Valley Rd, Overgaard, AZ
Limited to 30 attendees.

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Want to grow fresh veggies year-round, inside & out? Let’s talk about options for every budget and situation!

Towers (inside, outside, soil & aeroponic)
Season Extenders (cold frames, cloches, and covers)
Lights & Trays/Containers
Pots in a Sunny Window
Cold Hardy Vegetable Choices
What Else Can You Think of? Come prepared to share!

Our Speaker: Katy Neild

Katy grew up gardening, harvesting, and preserving at her grandmother’s feet in Northern New York. Most of her gardening experience has been in New York and Pennsylvania, but she has loved the challenge of learning to garden (more or less) successfully in Heber-Overgaard, and recently became an Arizona Certified Master Gardener for High Elevations. She enjoys sharing her garden and skills with others.

Exchange: Free for Garden Members + Friends of the Garden.

Non-members: Suggested donation of $5.

Foraging Follow-up: You picked them, now what?
2025-10-04 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | Heber-Overgaard Fire District, 2061 Lumber2061 Lumber Valley Rd,, Overgaard, 85933, United States
Join us for our upcoming class: Foraging Follow-Up: You Gathered, Now What?

Date: Saturday, October 4, 2025
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: The meeting place in the Heber-Overgaard area will be sent to registered participants prior to the class. This class is intended as a follow-up for those who attend the Top of the Rim Foraging Field Trip class.
Limited to 30 attendees.
Register Today!
Learn to forage basic native medicinal herbs located in our backyards and throughout our abundant national forests.
You will learn:

Overview of material, uses, and facts
Overview of recipe
Preparation of medicinal material
Take-home prepared recipe and enjoy

Items to Bring: To be announced.
About the Speakers: Kayla McKernan has been a Mogollon Rim native for over 35 years. Since childhood, she’s had a profound love for our forest and lakes, thanks to her grandparents who have been here since the 1960s. Her life is about gardening and providing a natural life for my family. However, her passion is outdoor adventure and turning those adventures into beneficial substances for daily living. These adventures have occurred for over 20 years, including a foraging trip across the Mogollon Rim area. Throughout these years, she has gained knowledge about the native plants and the benefits these plants provide. Josh Sotelo has been a Mogollon Rim native for over 40 years. He also profoundly loves our forests throughout the Mogollon Rim, which he started exploring with my father in the late 1980s. Kayla and Josh have been foraging and exploring our forests for 20 years, gaining knowledge in our area and its many benefits.

Exchange: Free for Garden Members + Friends of the Garden.
Non-members: Suggested donation of $5.

Native Plant Foraging (Field Trip Class)
2025-09-20 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Phoenix)
Join us for our upcoming class: Top of the Rim Foraging Field Trip

Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Meeting place in Heber-Overgaard area will be sent to registered participants prior to the class.
Limited to 30 attendees.
Register today!
Learn to forage basic native medicinal herbs located in our backyards and throughout our abundant national forests.
You will learn:

Identify native plants/species
Using books/field guides
Using foraging tools
Understanding “leave no trace”
Forage native plants
Storage/use of native plants

Items to Bring: Small hand pruners, garden shovel (small), garden scissors, Ziploc/grocery bags, marker, hiking gear, water, plant field guide (if you have one).
About the Speakers: Kayla McKernan has been a Mogollon Rim native for over 35 years. Since childhood, she’s had a profound love for our forest and lakes thanks to grandparents who have been here since the 1960s. Her life is about gardening and providing a natural life for my family. However, her passion is outdoor adventure and turning those adventures into beneficial substances for daily living. These adventures have occurred for over 20 years and always include a foraging trip across the Mogollon Rim area. Throughout these years, she has gained knowledge about the native plants and the benefits these plants provide. Josh Sotelo is a Mogollon Rim native for over 40 years. He also profoundly loves our forests throughout the Mogollon Rim, which he started exploring with my father in the late 1980s. Both Kayla and Josh have been foraging and exploring our forests for 20 years, gaining knowledge in our area and its many benefits.

Exchange: Free for Garden Members + Friends of the Garden.
Non-members: Suggested donation of $5.

Local Garden Tours
2025-08-09 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Phoenix)
On August 9, from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, enjoy a day touring 14 gardens in Heber-Overgaard and visiting with the gardeners. Fill your car with friends and make a day of it!
You will:

Start at the GROWtogether HOCRN Community Garden to receive your map and an entrance pass.
Travel to each home to enjoy the gardens and learn from the various gardeners.
You will see a wide variety of plantings and techniques.
Self-paced; spend your time where you’re most interested.
See what experienced gardeners are growing in H/O, and how they do it.

About the Gardens: We have all kinds of gardens for you to see! Vegetables, flowers, orchards, berries, grapes, and lots of different techniques. There will be something new to discover for everyone!
Tickets: $20
Buy Your Ticket Today!

Beekeeping for Beginners
2025-07-26 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | Heber-Overgaard Fire District, 2061 Lumber2061 Lumber Valley Rd,, Overgaard, 85933, United States
Join us for our upcoming class: Beekeeping for Beginners

Date: Saturday, July 26, 2025
Time: 2:00-3:30 PM
Location: Heber-Overgaard Fire Department, 2061 Lumber Valley Rd, Overgaard, AZ

Limited to 40 attendees. Space is limited!

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Discover the fascinating world of beekeeping with our “Beekeeping for Beginners” presentation! This introductory session will guide you through the essentials of starting your own hive, from choosing the right equipment to what type of bees are best for you to begin with.

We will learn:

How to get started
Equipment needed to begin
Which hive is best for beginners
What bee is best for beginners

About the Speaker, Greg Kruel: I am a graphic designer and web developer turned beekeeper. While my beekeeping journey has been exciting and fun, it was also frustrating at times. Not knowing what to do in the beginning when things went wrong, making mistakes that decimated entire hives, and accidentally killing a queen while marking her (yes I actually did this, and was furious with myself). My passion for bees extends to educating others so they don’t feel alone in their beekeeping journey and can learn from my mistakes.

Exchange: Free for Garden Members + Friends of the Garden.
Non-members: Suggested donation of $5.

Beat the Bugs & Learn About Fungus Control
2025-07-12 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | Heber-Overgaard Fire District, 2061 Lumber2061 Lumber Valley Rd,, Overgaard, 85933, United States
Join us for our upcoming class: Beat the Bugs & Learn Fungus Control

Date: Saturday, July 12, 2025
Time: 2:00-3:30 pm
Location: Heber-Overgaard Fire Station, 2061 Lumber Valley, Rd., Overgaard, Az. 85933

The monsoon weather increases the potential for garden pests and fungi.

Master Gardeners Bonnie Leedy, David Kincaid, and Katy Neild walk you through Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies for garden pest management for our Arizona vegetable gardens.
They will talk about balancing the ecosystem that is your garden, so good bugs thrive, and you create unfavorable conditions for those pests that would stop you from having an abundant harvest.
What about funguses? What are they, and what strategies avoid their formation? If you get a fungal disease in your garden, what are the organic methods to control it?

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About the Speaker: Bonnie Leedy recently became a High Country Master Gardener and is happy to share what she’s learned with others. After discovering Permaculture, “PermaDave” Kincaid, CEO of Northern Arizona Permaculture, in his quest for sustainable off-grid living techniques, has since completed 3 Permaculture Design Certification Courses and his life is forever changed and charged with a passion to learn and share the knowledge and wisdom of the Ethics and Design Principles of Permaculture throughout the world. Katy Neild grew up gardening, harvesting, and preserving with her grandmother in Northern New York. Most of her gardening experience has been in New York and Pennsylvania, but she loves the challenge and incredible community of gardeners in Heber-Overgaard.

Exchange: Free for Garden Members + Friends of the Garden.
Non-members: Suggested donation of $5.

Kids Grow in the Garden: Garden Hunting
2025-07-08 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Phoenix) | GrowTogether Garden, 3450 Mustang, Heber, AZ, 85928, United States
Bring the kids to the community garden for a scavenger hunt. They will be amazed at what they can find!
Who: Children ages 5 and up
Time: 9:00-10:00 am
Where: Community garden, 3450 Mustang Avenue, Heber, Arizona (located in the field between the high school and the bus barn)

Community Garden Closed!
2025-07-05 | GrowTogether Garden, 3450 Mustang, Heber, AZ, 85928, United States
Details forthcoming. Mark your calendars!

Mushroom Cultivation: Innoculation to Harvest
2025-06-28 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | Heber-Overgaard Fire District, 2061 Lumber2061 Lumber Valley Rd,, Overgaard, 85933, United States
Join us for our upcoming class: Mushroom Cultivation: Inoculation to Harvest

Date: Saturday, June 28th, 2025
Time: 2:00-3:30 PM
Location: Heber-Overgaard Fire Department, 2061 Lumber Valley Rd, Overgaard, AZ

Limited to 40 attendees.

An overview of the process our Farm uses to cultivate gourmet mushrooms.

We will learn:

The gourmet mushrooms we’ve grown and why we grow them!
The equipment required for successful consistent cultivation.
The varieties we grow and the ingredients to them.
How long it takes to grow the varieties we chose.
Harvest, waste management, and recipes to enjoy.

Sign-up here!

About the Speaker, Nichole Peters: Beyond organizing the wonderful Pinedale Farmer’s Market, Nichole and her husband have founded a successful local mushroom farm. We’ve found mushrooms somewhat difficult to grow, but it’s possible with the right equipment. It’s been a success, and our customers love them very much. They come from far and wide to get them! We can grow high-quality, tasty protein in a relatively small space quickly. It’s amazing 😉 We hope you enjoy them too!

Kids Grow in the Garden: Seeds are Magic!
2025-06-10 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Phoenix) | GrowTogether Garden, 3450 Mustang, Heber, AZ, 85928, United States
Bring the kids (ages 5 and up) to the community garden where they will learn what makes seeds so special!

planting a flower bed for our community garden
plant seeds in individual mini-hot houses to take home so they can watch the process
games and a raffle

Time: 9:00 – 10:00 am
Where: Community Garden, 3450 Mustang Ave. Heber, AZ (located in the field between the high school and the bus barn)

Community Resource Network Day
2025-06-07 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Phoenix) | Tall Timbers Park, AZ 260, Heber, AZ, 85928, United States
Join us at Community Resource Day on Saturday, June 7, 2025
10 am to 1 pm, Tall Timbers Park, Overgaard, AZ

FREE Hot Dogs & Ice Cream
Activity for Kids
Drawings too!

Over 50 non-profit organizations serving the Heber-Overgaard community will be represented. Come and enjoy the day and see all our community has to offer!

Top of the Rim Flower Tips: perennials, native flowers, annuals
2025-05-31 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | Heber-Overgaard Fire District, 2061 Lumber2061 Lumber Valley Rd,, Overgaard, 85933, United States
Join us for our upcoming class: Top of the Rim Flower Tips: Perennials, Annuals, and Natives

Date: Saturday, May 31, 2025
Time: 2:00-3:30 PM
Location: Heber-Overgaard Fire Station, 2061 Lumber Valley Rd., Overgaard, AZ 85933
Limited to 40 attendees.

Looking for ways to beautify your space, and not sure what will work best here? Don’t know whether you should use perennials, annuals, native plants, or a combination? Let us help! In this hands-on class in the garden, we’ll review the three types, tell you what grows easily here (and some that are more challenging), and give you strategies to be successful so you can enjoy the beautiful fruits of your labor.

We will:

Teach the differences between perennials, annuals, and native species
Highlight pros and cons of the three types
Discuss the important roles of flowering plants in your vegetable garden
Provide a list of plants that grow well here
Share tips and tricks to get you flowering
Do a little planting and send you home with some flowery gifts from

About the Speakers: Kayla McKernan, Bonnie Leedy, and Katy Neild do a lot of gardening up here on the Rim, and one of the things we all love is flowers! They’re not only beautiful but also perform important functions in the vegetable garden. Join us for this fun and useful class!
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Kids Grow in the Garden: Painting in the Garden
2025-05-27 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Phoenix) | GrowTogether Garden, 3450 Mustang, Heber, AZ, 85928, United States
This in-garden class is for ages 5 and up. Bring the kids and we’ll help them be creative. We’ll be painting in the garden because every garden needs a wind chime!!
Time: 9:00 – 10:00 am
Where: Community Garden, 3450 Mustang Ave. Heber, Arizona (located in the field between the high school and the bus barn)

Spring Plant Sale
2025-05-17 07:00 - 11:00 (America/Phoenix) | GrowTogether Garden, 3450 Mustang, Heber, AZ, 85928, United States
Come to the Community Garden and purchase plants and flowers for your garden and sharpen your gardening tools! Proceeds will benefit the community garden. Just some of the services available:

Plants: cool and warm weather vegetables, flowers, herbs (grown locally and ready for planting)
Eden Juice nutrients and mulch
Professional tool and knife sharpening (hand pruners $3-4, trowels $4-10, hoes $4, shovels $8-10, manual hedge trimmers $10-12, electric hedge trimmers $20)
Worm tea

Show up early for the best plant selections!
4″ pots = $4 / 6 packs = $7

10 Strategies for Vegetable Abundance THIS YEAR!
2025-04-19 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | Heber-Overgaard Fire District, 2061 Lumber2061 Lumber Valley Rd,, Overgaard, 85933, United States
Join us for our upcoming class: 10 Strategies for Vegetable Abundance!

Date: Saturday, April 19, 2024
Time: 2:00-3:30 PM
Location: Heber-Overgaard Fire Station, 2061 Lumber Valley Rd, Overgaard, 85933

Limited to 50 attendees.

Register below.

Want to save some money, and have more plant choices than you can find in the stores? Learn to successfully start your own plants for the garden!

You will learn:

Fundamentals for a Successful Vegetable Garden

Clearing up Confusing Terms
Arizona Gardening Seasons (what to plant when!)
Seed Starting vs. Store Bought
Create an Edible Landscape
Pollination
Succession Planting
Crop Rotation
Tomato & Pepper Success
Vegetable Abundance Strategies (Dehydrate, Freeze, Can, etc.)

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About the Speaker: Michele McGuinness is a Maricopa Master Gardener and is currently studying to be a Master Gardener in the high country of Arizona. A long-time educator with a joy for all things that you can grow to eat, she loves seed starting, vegetable growing, and managing pests in the garden.

Exchange: Free for Garden Members + Friends of the Garden.
Non-members: Suggested donation of $5.

Sustainable Soil: The Simple Way to Keep it Fertile
2025-04-05 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | GrowTogether Garden, 3450 Mustang, Heber, AZ, 85928, United States
Join us for our upcoming class: Sustainable Soil: The Simple Way to Keep it Fertile

Date: Saturday, April 5th, 2025
Time: 2:00-3:30 PM
Location: GrowTogether Community Garden, 3450 Mustang, Heber, AZ

Limited to 40 attendees.

A GREAT GROWER is always GROWING SOIL—In this hands on, interactive class you will learn how to simplify the process and leave with the confidence to have sustainable success!!

Save Time & Spare the grief— learn from Leti’s mistakes and successes:

See potential
Secret to soil testing
Simplified lasagna bed
Successful springtime cover crop
Spend less by salvaging what you have

**Bring a chair if you’d like to sit, and pen & paper for notes.

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About the Speaker: Leti Porter is an Organic Grower and jokes that she really is in the business of growing people, mostly kids. She has been growing her entire life thanks to her dad who took the time to teach her when she was young that there was so much more to gardening than just pulling weeds. She isn’t a soil scientist but is grateful that the science is finally catching up to what her spirit already knew… healthy soil heals.

Spring Garden Prep & Flower Planting! Build a Herb Spiral Workshop & Tool Sharpening
2025-03-22 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Phoenix) | GrowTogether Garden, 3450 Mustang, Heber, AZ, 85928, United States
Join us for our upcoming activity: Community Garden Spring Clean-Up, Build an Herb Spiral Workshop, & Tool Sharpening!

Date: Saturday, March 22, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12 noon
Location: HOCRN Community Garden, 3450 Mustang, Heber, AZ

What is Happening?

Starting at 9 a.m., please help us get the garden in shape for the season! We will be doing general clean-up and working on a lovely flower bed along the front fence. We want to make sure our garden is beautiful for all to enjoy!
Starting at 10:30 a.m., “PermaDave” Kincaid will lead us in an Herb Spiral Workshop! Learn about building an herb spiral while helping us add a community herb spiral to the garden’s center. We will have an informational handout to send home with participants.
9 a.m. – noon: Bring those dull hoes, trowels, shovels, etc.! Richard will be set up for all your Knife and Tool sharpening needs, so you won’t have to work so hard! Pricing for sharpening is: hand pruners $3-4, shovels $8-10, hand trowels $4-10, hoes $4, manual hedge trimmers $10-12, electric hedge trimmers $20.
What to Bring/Wear: Closed-toe shoes and work gloves, drinking water, and a chair for resting or listening to the herb spiral teaching. If you have any river rocks or cardboard to donate for the herb spiral, that would be great! Also, bring a rake or other favorite garden tool if you’d like. Oh, and don’t forget a great big Spring smile!

Please RSVP by registering below.
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Seed Starting & Storing for Sensational Results!
2025-02-15 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | Heber-Overgaard Fire District, 2061 Lumber2061 Lumber Valley Rd,, Overgaard, 85933, United States
Join us for our upcoming class: Seed Starting & Storing for Sensational Results!
Come learn the most fun and best-kept secret of gardening! Seed starting!
You will learn:

Five easy no-fail strategies for seed-starting success
What seeds to start, how to start them, and when to start them
How and when to transplant outside
What seeds store best, how to store them, and for how long

About the speaker: Michele McGuinness is a Master Gardener and a long-time educator with a joy for all things that you can grow to eat. She loves seed starting, vegetable growing, and managing pests in the garden.
Register Today!

Exchange: Free for Garden Members + Friends of the Garden.
Non-members: Suggested donation of $5.

Herbs: some ways to use them
2024-10-19 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | Heber-Overgaard Fire District, 2061 Lumber2061 Lumber Valley Rd,, Overgaard, 85933, United States

Harvest Festival Party & Sponsor Recognition!
2024-10-05 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | GrowTogether Garden, 3450 Mustang, Heber, AZ, 85928, United States
Join us for our end-of-season harvest festival at the garden! Food & drinks and recognition of our wonderful sponsors. Bring your own chairs and join us!

Fermenting Class
2024-09-21 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | Heber-Overgaard Fire District, 2061 Lumber2061 Lumber Valley Rd,, Overgaard, 85933, United States
Join us for our upcoming class: Intro to Fermenting for Gardeners

Date: Saturday, September 21st, 2024
Time: 2:00-3:30 PM
Location: Heber-Overgaard Fire Station Community Room, 2061 Lumber Valley Rd., Overgaard, AZ

Register here!

Bonnie Leedy is the CEO of School Webmasters, but in her “spare” time she loves gardening, preserving her harvest, baking bread, and livin’ life in the rural countryside. In this class, she’ll cover fermenting foods to preserve food and improve our health. Come get some ideas, recipes, and samples!

You will:

Learn about the benefits of lacto-fermentation for your gut and health

Learn how to ferment vegetables, dairy, sourdough, and to create beverages and snacks

Try samples of fermented foods and get some recipes to try at home

Exchange: Free for Garden Members + Friends of the Garden.
Non-members: Suggested donation of $5.

Preserving Your Harvest
2024-08-24 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | Heber-Overgaard Fire District, 2061 Lumber2061 Lumber Valley Rd,, Overgaard, 85933, United States
Hello Gardeners + Friends of the Garden,

Have a bountiful harvest but don’t know what to do with it? Bonnie Leedy will provide a high-level view of the many possibilities, including canning, dehydrating, freeze-drying, and fermenting. Come to the next GrowTogether HOCRN Community Garden Class to learn about your options and get an introduction to each. Join us for our upcoming class: Preserving Your Harvest!

Date: Saturday, August 17th, 2024
Time: 2:00-3:30 PM
Location: Heber-Overgaard Fire Station

Limited to 50 attendees.

Register Today!

You will learn:

the whys and hows of preserving the most common fruits and vegetables
introduction to preserving methods for freezing, canning, dehydrating, fermenting, and cold storage with the pros and cons of each

About the Speaker: Bonnie Leedy is the CEO of School Webmasters, but in her “spare” time, she loves gardening, preserving her harvest, baking bread, and livin’ life in the rural countryside. Come meet her at class!
Exchange: Free for Garden Members + Friends of the Garden.
Non-members: Suggested donation of $5.

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Evening & Education in the Garden!
2024-08-13 16:30 - 18:30 UTC | GrowTogether Garden, 3450 Mustang, Heber, AZ, 85928, United States
Join fellow gardeners for an “Evening & Education in the Garden.” Bring a snack to share and your own chairs and we’ll enjoy the fellowship of our gardening friends! See you there!
GrowTogether HOCRN Community Garden, 3450 Mustang, Heber, AZ
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Education Round Table 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Garden Open House & Social 5:00 – 6:30 p.m
FREE EVENT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
Come with your gardening questions and get advice from experienced area gardeners. We will have tables you can visit for information on various topics such as insect management, growing tomatoes, starting your own plants, growing fruit trees, herbs, composting, building healthy soil, preserving your harvest, and more! If you’d like to join in on the social time, bring an appetizer to share and make friends with other gardeners, or just wander around and enjoy the garden. If you’d like to submit a question so we’re prepared ahead of time, please do so here.

Garden Work Day!
2024-08-10 08:00 - 09:00 UTC | GrowTogether Garden, 3450 Mustang, Heber, AZ, 85928, United States
Please help us do a bit of weeding! Bring some gloves and join us at 8:00 am in the garden.
This is a great way to fulfill your volunteer hours as a member or friend of the garden. All are welcome!!

Foraging for Mushrooms!
2024-07-27 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | Heber-Overgaard Fire District, 2061 Lumber2061 Lumber Valley Rd,, Overgaard, 85933, United States
Join us for our upcoming class: Go Wild…for Mushrooms. (this is the input from last year, may need to update this)
Date: Saturday, July 27, 2024
Time: 2:00-3:30 PM
Location: Heber Fire Station
Limited to 50 attendees.
Register today!
You will learn:

Mushroom/Foraging Safety
Common local varieties, such as Morel, Chantarelle, Porcini, Coprinus Comatus (Shaggy Mane), and Lion’s Mane
Basic Mushroom Science
Poisonous Species
Recommended Guidebooks
AZ Mushroom Forum

About the Speaker: David Bachman
David’s love for wild mushrooms began as a professional chef in Colorado. He was mentored by famous French Chef and a Croatian Miner while in Colorado, and Dr. Chester Leathers the founder of the Arizona Mushroom Forum. David has been foraging mushrooms for over 50 years, and has taught the art extensively.
Exchange: Free for Garden Members + Friends of the Garden.
Non-members: Suggested donation of $5.

Composting for a Vibrant Garden
2024-07-20 10:00 - 11:30 UTC | R&K Home Center, 2950 AZ-260, Heber, AZ, 85928, United States
Want to Up Your Garden Game and Nourish Your Soil With What You Have Around the Yard and Garden? Join our upcoming GrowTogether HOCRN Community Garden Class:
Composting One-on-One
Location: R&K Home Garden Center, 2950 Arizona Highway 260, Heber
Date: Saturday, July 20th
Time: 10-11:30 AM
Limited to 50 attendees.
Register Here!
Learn how to properly break down debris, food scraps, and more into compost.
You Will Learn:

What is compost
Creating space for your compost
Learn about the browns and greens
Building your compost pile
Maintaining your compost pile
Enjoying your compost

About the Speaker: Josh Sotelo has lived in the Heber/Overgaard area for over 35 years. He has had his garden for more than 20 years and was raised in the garden with his grandmother and father. Josh has extensive knowledge of gardening and what plants need to thrive in our area. Kayla McKernan was born and raised in the Heber/Overgaard area and has also been gardening in their garden for 20 years. Since childhood, she has learned gardening from her grandparents and many other gardeners. Gardening is a vital part of her livelihood and essential to her family’s well-being. Her passion is herbalism and how herbs benefit our lives in the kitchen and the medicine cabinet. Josh and Kayla own Rim Roots Growing, LLC.
Exchange: Free for Garden Members + Friends of the Garden.
Non-members: Suggested donation of $5.
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Help the Kids Build Worm Farms!
2024-07-19 09:00 - 10:00 UTC | GrowTogether Garden, 3450 Mustang, Heber, AZ, 85928, United States
We’re helping the kids build worm farms. Come out and help! We need:

Donated shoeboxes
Volunteers to help

Email us at dig@growtogethergarden.org and let us know if you can join us!

Coffee @ the Garden
2024-07-16 10:00 - 11:00 UTC | GrowTogether Garden, 3450 Mustang, Heber, AZ, 85928, United States
Join us for an informal social at the Community Garden at 10 am. Bring your beverage of choice, a chair, and join other like-minded gardeners to visit!

Integrated Pest Management
2024-07-13 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | Senior Community Center, 2171 B Street / PO Box 193, Overgaard, AZ, 85933, United States
Are garden pests driving you mad? Join our next GrowTogether HOCRN Community Garden Class:
Integrated Pest Management: What’s Bugging You?
Location: Heber-Overgaard Fire Dept. Community Room, 2061 Lumber Valley Rd., Overgaard
Date: Saturday, July 13th
Time: 2-3:30 PM
Limited to 50 attendees.
Register Here!
The lovely rains and wet winter have the potential to bring many garden pests out this summer.

Speaker Michele McGuiness will walk you through Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies for garden pest management for our Arizona vegetable gardens.
She will talk about how to balance the ecosystem that is your garden so good bugs thrive and you create conditions that are unfavorable for those pests that would stop you from having an abundant harvest.

About the Speaker: Michele McGuinness loves growing food and edible flowers. She has been gardening since childhood and has been a Master Gardener since 2017. She teaches vegetable gardening, integrated pest management, and other growing classes for the Maricopa Master Gardener program and here in Heber for the HOCRN GrowTogetherGarden. Michele also runs the Yavapai school garden and works weekly with kids to teach them how to eat what they grow and is currently researching to author a book on vegetable gardening in the high and low desert of Arizona.
Exchange: Free for Garden Members + Friends of the Garden.
Non-members: Suggested donation of $5.
Not a Friend of the Garden Yet? Sign Up Here:
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