The Pleasures of Color, Texture and Resilience in the Native Garden SOLD OUT!!!
Our garden can be a place where we are surrounded by a habitat that we help create, and that gives us pleasure. We can work with nature to construct an environment that complements our natural surroundings, and enjoy a connection with the place we love right outside our door.
This workshop will focus on landscape planning and stewardship, creating diversity of color and texture, and gardening by zones that mimic the natural plant zones and plant communities in our region. Participants will explore how to take their cues from the native plants, and how to work with their natural habits to propagate them, and to help them thrive.
Richard Sidy is president of Gardens for Humanity, and has lived and gardened in Sedona since 1982. Richard served in the Peace Corps in rural community development from 1969 – 1971 in the West African nation of the Ivory Coast, and afterwards worked in the Los Angeles City Volunteer Corps in establishing community gardens and food coops. Richard is a retired teacher of over 35 years, and advocates sustainability education through writing, teaching, and building community collaboration around the issues of food security, sustainable development, and environmental education. He is one of the founding members of the Sustainability Alliance.