Upcoming events

Sep 28, 2019

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Backyard Composting Workshop

Using interactive demonstrations, Solana Center teaches all you need to know to get started with a compost bin that fits.

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Sep 29, 2019

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

(CANCELLED) Flavors of The Garden

Sweet and savory bites featuring drought-tolerant plant delights! This experience is part tour, part tasting, and wholly enjoyable! Learn about featured plants and sample their flavors in unique, easy to make recipes.

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Oct 05, 2019

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Firescaping with Natives

Expert landscape designer and author, Greg Rubin returns to share his talk on the essentials of fire-wise landscaping using native plants.

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Oct 05, 2019

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Free, Docent-led Garden Tour

Walk the garden trails with a Docent Tour Guide and see beautiful water-saving landscapes. Tours begin promptly Saturday mornings at.

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Oct 05, 2019

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Landscape Design Consultation!

Landscape Design Consultations with professional landscape designer Greg Rubin of California's Own Native Landscape Design, Inc. Only two consultations are offered on this day.

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Oct 12, 2019

9:00 AM - 12:45 PM

Landscape Design Consulation!

Landscape Design Consultations with professional landscape designer Carolyn Kalb. Only four consultations are offered on this day.

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Oct 12, 2019

5:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Ms. Smarty-Plants™ Goes Batty!

Join us in your best Halloween costume at The Water Conservation Garden to enjoy a family event with a Ms. Smarty-Plants™ Show, Trick or Treat Trails, and Creepy Critter Encounters.

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Nov 02, 2019

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Free, Docent-led Garden Tour

Walk the garden trails with a Docent Tour Guide and see beautiful water-saving landscapes. Tours begin promptly Saturday mornings at.

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Nov 09, 2019

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Fall Plant Sale

Join us for our annual Fall Plant Sale on November 9!

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Nov 09, 2019

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Landscape Design Consulation!

One-on-One Landscape Design Consultations with professional landscape designers at the Fall Plant Sale. Only 12 consultations are offered on this day at the discounted special event rate..

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Dec 07, 2019

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Free, Docent-led Garden Tour

Walk the garden trails with a Docent Tour Guide and see beautiful water-saving landscapes. Tours begin promptly Saturday mornings at.

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Jan 04, 2020

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Free, Docent-led Garden Tour

Walk the garden trails with a Docent Tour Guide and see beautiful water-saving landscapes. Tours begin promptly Saturday mornings at.

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Jon Foreman, of the Band 'Switchfoot', Tours The Garden

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Jon Foreman, of Switchfoot, Talks WaterSmart

Summer is Sizzling
in The Garden!

Summer is heating up in The Garden! The days are longer and a shady spot in The Garden is the place to be. Hoot & Holla, our resident Barn Owls, departed until next spring, but Holla left a video “Owl-bum” on their page. Of course our very own California Desert Tortoises are out and about in their Garden exhibit across from The Gift Shoppe. Also there are brand new events happening this summer, like Nature Nights with Ms. Smarty-Plants™! But that’s just the beginning. Check the calendar to see what else is happening this summer and drop by for a visit!

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Education Program

Ms. Smarty-Plants™ award-winning programs inspire young people through interactive and engaging hands on learning in water conservation and stewardship of the earth. Fieldtrips, Assemblies and Special Programs meet E-STEM, California State and Next Generation Science Standards. With her special mixture of music, magic and fun, Ms. Smarty-Plants™ ignites the EARTH HERO in each of us.