EVENTS & WORKSHOPS
Tucson Plant Delivery
Shop our plants and seeds online and pick-up your order at Exo Roast Co. in Tucson on the listed dates.
At check out online, note EXO and which date you will be picking up your order.
Workshops
Virtual Bilingual Native Plant Propagation Workshop
June 3, 10AM-Noon
Zoom
Join us for an informative class to learn about all things related to running and managing a native plant nursery, including propagating native plants from both seeds and cuttings including seed and plant sourcing, plant lists, dormancy, mechanical scarification, temperature stratification, transplanting, pot sizes for retail vs. restoration needs, irrigation, soil type, timelines, and more.
The class will be sliding-scale donation-based.
Email horticulture@borderlandsrestoration.org to sign up.
Native Seed Collection Workshop & Tour of Seed Lab
Oct 14, 10AM-2PM
BRN Seed Barn
Patagonia, AZ
Join us for a tour of the BRN Seed Lab to learn about our seed lab operations and programs, then head out to the beautiful San Rafael Valley to learn about native grasses and our ethical seed collection protocols. Participants will then help collect seed that will be used in a local ecological restoration project to mitigate erosion and revegetate the landscape to support habitat
Participants should bring water and snacks, wear sun protective gear, long pants, and sturdy shoes for walking across uneven terrain and be comfortable hiking short distances. Seed collection equipment as well as snake gaiters and blaze orange safety vests will be provided. This opportunity is open to 15 participants.
Cost is $40/person (sliding scale pricing available).
Email horticulture@borderlandsrestoration.org to sign up.
Plant Sales
Join us at the nursery to shop our full selection of native plants and seeds with music and retail booths from local farmers and artisans including artist/designer Jenna Tomasello, and Shooting Star Pottery.
Open Saturdays
Patagonia, AZ
June 17, 8AM-Noon
Aug 19, 8AM-2PM
Oct 7, 9PM-2PM
(Patagonia Fall Festival Weekend)
Shop the nursery during select Saturdays and Tuesdays and Thursdays 9AM – noon, during our plant sale events, by appointment, or by ordering plants online and noting one of our plant delivery days held throughout the year in various borderlands communities.
Bisbee Plant Delivery
Order plants and seeds online by 7/7 and pick-up your order at The Courtyard in Bisbee.
Write "Bisbee 7/9" in the notes section at checkout.
Tohono Chul Plant Sale
Join us at Monsoon Madness plant sale event, one of the best plant sales in Tucson hosted by Tohono Chul. The summer plant sale event hosts dozens of nursery growers of the weirdest and wildest varieties that will be showcasing their botanicals under the shade of the Sonoran Seasons Garden’s ramadas. BN& S can bring your pre-order for pick-up, or shop our selection available at the sale.
**For this event, you may email us orders (do not use online ordering) and we will bring your specific order for pick-up at the event.
Email horticulture@borderlandsrestoration.org to email your plant or seed order you’d like us to bring as all payment and checkout for the Monsoon Madness Event goes through Tohono Chul. We will have a selection of native container plants and seeds available for purchase at the sale as well.
Sierra Vista Plant Delivery
Order plants and seeds online and pick-up your order at the Sierra Vista Food Co-op in Sierra Vista.
Write "Sierra Vista 8/5" in the notes section at checkout.
