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Desert Container Gardening: Plan for 365 Days of Living Color

Name: Desert Container Gardening: Plan for 365 Days of Living Color
Start: 2026-09-17T10:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-09-17T11:30:00-07:00
Location: Zoom

September 17 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Zoom Online class participants will receive a Zoom link for the class two hours before the class begins.

$36 Non-Member / $29 Member

Desert container gardening is not the same as gardening anywhere else. Our summers are longer and hotter, our winters can bring sudden cold snaps, and plants in pots need a smarter plan to thrive.

Be inspired to do something different and expand your vision, imagination, and enjoyment of seeing beautiful plants in a container that thrive in your desert home.

Determine the correct plants to combine in a pot for the upcoming season so that the display makes sense and is pleasing to the eye.
Know the correct location to place your pots so they will do their best.
Choose your color theme and learn how to make it happen.

Instructor

Marylee Pangman

Marylee Pangman founded The Contained Gardener in 1998 as a niche business in the desert community of Tucson, Arizona.

Since then, Marylee has been compelled to share all that she has learned about container gardening over 3 decades of blistering summers and record breaking winters. Marylee sees container gardening as a way to have an oasis garden while conserving water as the demands of pots are far less than heavily planted areas and beds. You can find Marylee’s books, Getting Potted in the Desert, and Riley’s Garden Oasis at the Garden Gift Shop. These two books are excellent resources for creating and caring for potted gardens, advice on container selection, plant lists and much more. https://thepotteddesert.com

Refund & Cancellation Policy

No refund will be issued less than 15 days prior to any Community Class. A $10 cancellation fee will be applied to all refunds. No refunds will be issued for special events. We reserve the right to cancel Community Classes due to insufficient registration, garden closure, or inclement weather, in which case, participants will receive a full refund. People with disabilities should make requests for accommodation as early as possible to allow time to make appropriate arrangements.