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Monthly Community Garden Open House Series

Arizona Milkweed for Monarchs, the Rotary Club of Sedona Village, and Sedona Bee Company invite you to the first in a series of monthly Community Garden Open Houses on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, from 7-9 a.m. at Big Park Community School, 25 W. Saddlehorn Court, Sedona, AZ 86351.

Explore community raised bed gardens and a Monarch Waystation garden. Engage with experts from Arizona Milkweed, the Rotary Club, and Yavapai County Master Gardeners. Enjoy presentations, hands-on activities, and family-friendly events. Learn about gardening, pollinators, and beekeeping. Connect with your community and support local conservation efforts. Join us for a morning of discovery and learning.

Future Open House dates:

Annual Garden Plant Sale

The Village Rotary holds its annual Rotary Community Garden Plant Sale & Open House, in May at the Community Garden. 2025 date TBA. Milkweeds for Monarchs and Sedona Bee Company are our partners in many Community Garden events.

 

Milkweeds for Monarchs plants and labeled productsThe Plant Sale offered a variety of heirloom plants, including tomatoes, squash,
beans, and peppers. Milkweed for Monarchs offered a variety of wildflowers, great for attracting pollinators to your garden and labeled clothing (inset).

Local honey from Sedona Bee Co.Sedona Bee Co. offered a variety of local honey and products, such as soap, made with the honey.

 

Backyard Beekeeping 101“Backyard Beekeeping 101”, was a free class taught by Cindy Mahon.

About the Rotary Community Garden

The Rotary Club of Sedona Village is in the fourth year of growing in the garden. Since we started the garden, we've built 23 raised beds, spread wood chips on many of the walkways and contributed over 1,500 pounds of vegetables to the Sedona Community Food Bank and Sedona Oak Creek Unified School District.
 
Master Gardener and Club member, Jane Peck, has shared her vision for the Community Garden as a place where everyone in the community can gather to learn and enjoy gardening to produce healthy, organic food. She has energized the programming of the space and initiated the monthly public Open House events.
 
The Community Garden is located at Big Park Community School on the baseball diamond on the north playground. This diamond, known as Doug Colletti’s Field of Dreams, is now a Field of Greens. Working with our location partner, the Sedona Oak-Creek Unified School District, we have created an opportunity to provide a community service that strengthens health, nature, life skills, and creates an atmosphere of cooperation and togetherness.
 
Garden Beds can be leased for $150 for the year, from April through March of the following year. There are currently Garden Beds available for lease now. Being a Garden Bed tenant gives you access to the garden area, and use of the compost pile, all year, at any time. 
Richardson Wright said, “a garden is a public service and having one a public duty. It is a man’s contribution to the community.” The Rotary Club of Sedona Village is committed to an ongoing contribution to the community through this garden project.
Details, garden bed adoption details, project descriptions, volunteer project dates, and more are available. We welcome your enthusiasm and participation with this project. To find out more, click here.
Join us in this exciting endeavor and grow together with the Rotary Club of Sedona Village!
 
 
 
Partners
 
Local organizations actively participating in the Community Garden