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The 31st Annual Native Plant Workshop is Saturday, April 10 at the Sedona Red Rock High School.  The workshop is from 8:45am – 2:00pm, and doors open at 7:30am.

The 2010 workshop features two keynote addresses, “Organic Vegetable Gardening” by Cynthia Lee Cartier and “Turn your Desert Dust to Black Gold” by Merle & Michele Herrick.

Admission also includes your choice of two of the seven workshops:

1. Feather Jones:  The Power of Wild Desert Plants
2. Ross Hawkins:  Hummingbirds, the Servants of Plants
3. Tom DeGomez:  Pests in the Garden
4. Stephen DeVol:  Up Close and Digital in the Garden
5. Eric Moore:  Creating a Backyard Habitat
6. Jean Searle:  Get to Know the Natives
7. Chris Anderson: Rainwater Harvesting

Plus free plants, silent auction, raffle and lunch included!

Tickets are $15.00 for Keep Sedona Beautiful members, and $25.00 for non-members.  Program details and advance signup are available on the Keep Sedona Beautiful website.

The National Wildlife Foundation (NWF) has selected the property surrounding Keep Sedona Beautiful’s historical Pushmataha building (Sedona Historical Landmark No. 15, located at 360 Brewer Road) as a NWF Certified Wildlife Habitat! To qualify for this prestigous designation, the property must demonstrate an abundance of native plants, trees, available food sources, a water source, cover and nesting sites, attract a variety of birds, butterflies and other wildlife, while helping to protect our local environment.

Spearheaded by Jolene Pierson, Dave Norton and Bill Pumphrey, the KSB Garden will soon be an outdoor venue for various programs and open to the public sometime in the fall of 2009. KSB applied for the designation as a compliment to the current Coleman-Black Garden Project. The vision of this garden also includes pathways, serenity resting areas and an educational component.

KSB is actively seeking additional donations to fund plant purchases. To learn more or to help us, call Jan or Wendy at 928.282.4938 or email ksb@esedona.net.

KSB's headquarters, the Pushmataha Building

Keep Sedona Beautiful volunteers are currently working on a native plant garden at KSB’s headquarters, the historic Pushmataha Building. Spearheaded by Jolene Pierson, Dave Norton and Bill Pumphrey, the garden will be an outdoor venue for various programs and open to the public in the fall of 2009.

The Pushmataha Building is #15 on the City of Sedona’s list of Historic Landmarks.  Built in the Old-West style for a museum and named after a Choctaw Chief. “Pushataha” means “He has won all the honors of his race”. The building is part of the story of commercial development in Sedona in the 1960s.

The Pushmataha Building, on 3 acres with garden paths is available for use by the public.  For more information, visit the Keep Sedona Beautiful website.