Workshops and Videos
Conservation staff hold a variety of worshops from time to time, and those workshops are sometimes recorded for later use. Below are videos from those workshops.
Hydrate Phoenix Workshops
In 2024 the Watershed Management Group and the City of Phoenix Water Services Department held free virtual classes. The five-class series were recorded (see below) so you could lean about the several topics on what sustainable living can look like in the Sonoran Desert. From harnessing rainwater for use on your landscape, to attracting pollinators, to cultivating non-native and native food plants, watch one class or enjoy them all!
Videos from the 2024 Hydrate Phoenix Classes
1. Designing a Water Harvesting Landscape
2. Selecting Native Plants for Multiple Benefits
(download the worksheet).
3. Vegetable Gardening in the Low Desert
Videos from the 2020 Hydrate Phoenix Classes
Food Bearing Trees Workshops
Trees have so many benefits including providing food year after year. Learn about selecting food-bearing trees while considering water savings through tree selection and watering techniques. Phoenix Water has partnered with Trees Matter to provide each video listed below.
Ironwood Trees - Native to the Sonoran Desert, Ironwood Trees provide habitat, restoration and food.
Fig Trees - First introduced to the United States in the late 1700's, Mission Fig Trees are hardy and do exceptionally well in our desert environment.
Southern Live Oak - Acorns in the Desert? The Southern Live Oak Flourishes in Phoenix.
Pomegranate Trees - Learn about growing Pomegranate Trees to add some of their fruit to your favorite dishes.
For additional free water conservation resources similar to these, visit our digital education page.