EarthFest at La Montanita
Come celebrate sustainability, community, and local food! Honor our planet with a day of fun, learning, local vendors, plants for your garden, live entertainment, and more!
Kadomatsu in the Japanese Garden
Kadomatsu are a 600-year-old Japanese New Year’s tradition of pine and bamboo arrangements representing virtues such as strength, flexibility, vitality, and purity. The Kadomatsu will be on display through January 21st, and each participant can build a miniature to take home. Free with regular BioPark admission.
Plant Swap
Got a green thumb, or want to have one? Bring or trade plants, cuttings and more – and meet other plant enthusiasts – every Monday night!
Learn to Photograph Wildlife at Erna Fergusson Library
Join Open Space staff to learn about wildlife photography, from the ethical guidelines of taking pictures of wildlife to how to best tweak your camera’s settings to take advantage of the best lighting. Free, but registration required HERE. (Place free tickets in cart by clicking “Get Tickets,” then “Add to Selection List,” and signing into/up […]
Learn to Photograph Wildlife at South Broadway Library
Join Open Space staff to learn about wildlife photography, from the ethical guidelines of taking pictures of wildlife to how to best tweak your camera’s settings to take advantage of the best lighting. Free, but registration required HERE. (Place free tickets in cart by clicking “Get Tickets,” then “Add to Selection List,” and signing into/up […]
Cultivating Wakandan Resilience: Afrofuturism & Gardening
Join the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture for an exciting webinar exploring the connection between Afrofuturism and gardening. Get a fresh perspective on resilience and African American gardening – as well as have some fun with Wakandan botany trivia! Register HERE for connection information.
Weather the Drought: 3 Steps to Landscape Success
Time for a desert-friendly landscape! In this free online class, Water Authority Conservation experts will show you a three-step plan to make your landscape more resilient and beautiful. Participants who attend the class IN FULL will receive a $20 rebate on their bill. One rebate per account regardless of how many times you […]
Let’s Talk African-American Gardens: Reconnect to Nature (Indoors!)
Join Mignon Hemsley and Danuelle Doswell to learn about our ancestral ties to houseplants in this free webinar. Embrace indoor greenery to enhance your mental and physical well-being! Hemsley and Doswell are founders of Grounded in Washington DC, and are dedicated to rekindling the bond between people and nature by bringing the energy of […]
9th Annual FIFA Seed Share
Celebrate Food Is Free Albuquerque’s tenth anniversary at the ninth annual seed share! Get free seeds and plants for your garden. In 2023 more than 10,000 seeds and 8,000 plants were shared at the Seed Share. You can’t afford to miss it!