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  • Creating a Backyard Habitat
  • Item: PCE-SU25-113
    Tuition: $85.00
    Days: M     Dates: 7/14/2025 - 7/28/2025
    Sessions: 3     Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM     
    Room: 109     Building: Prescott Bldg 30       
    Enroll Min: 6    Remaining Seats: 15
    Instructor: Kathleen Dickinson
    You can provide essential habitats for hundreds of species of native pollinators, birds, lizards, toads, frogs, beneficial insects, and furry critters, and still have a beautiful garden. Even the smallest space can contribute to the survival of vanishing species. Habitat is defined as a source of food, water, shelter, and nesting materials and places. There are many simple and inexpensive strategies for supporting wildlife through backyard habitats. You will build on your general understanding of gardening with native plants and assess what habitat resources will work best in your yard. Recommended to take Gardening with Native Plants first before this course.
 

  • Gardening with Native Plants
  • Item: PCE-SU25-114
    Tuition: $105.00
    Days: M     Dates: 6/2/2025 - 6/23/2025
    Sessions: 4     Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM     
    Room: 126     Building: Prescott Bldg 30       
    Enroll Min: 6    Remaining Seats: 13
    Instructor: Kathleen Dickinson

    You can transform your garden into a haven for birds, bees, and butterflies, while conserving water, ending dependence on fertilizers, and reducing your gardening workload. There are hundreds of gorgeous native plants that also provide food, nesting material and shelter for many species of wildlife. Students will assess and map their garden space, learn the basics of planting, and maintaining a native plant garden, and learn to replicate nature's gardening strategies. Recommended to take this course first before Creating a Backyard Habitat.
 

  • Kitchen Wisdom: Mediterranean Breads & Foods That Go with Them
  • Item: PCE-HEA207-SP25
    Tuition: $250.00
    Days: Tu     Dates: 4/8/2025 - 4/29/2025
    Sessions: 4     Times: 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM     
    Room: Clubhouse Kitchen & Dining Room     Building: Manzanita Village Clubhouse       
    Instructor: Molly Beverly, Leslie Hollander
    Class is already in session.  Registration for this class is closed.

    This hands-on class with Chef Molly Beverly and Leslie Hollander features Mediterranean peasant food with bread from the Eastern Mediterranean, Northern Africa, and the Caucasus, in the starring role -- complemented by spreads, soups, and salads. This class features professional cooking tricks for healthy and delicious food that you can use in your own kitchen. Plant based foods emphasized. Chef Molly Beverly will share insights and tricks culled from 45 years in the education and culinary world. All supplies included in tuition.

     

    Meet for an optional Saturday shopping field trip at Prescott Farmer's Market - date and time to be determined with class.

     



    OFFSITE LOCATION 258 Benjamin Dr, Prescott, AZ 86303
 

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