Workdays, walks and classes around the Valley

Saturday, October 3, 8:00 AM to Sunday, October 4, 3:00 PM

Phoenix Food Forest Community Permablitz: Citrus & Pollinator Guild Planting

Join the Phoenix Food Forest for a two-day community Permablitz as we expand the neighborhood food forest with a major planting of citrus trees from Permascaping’s wholesale cit…

Friday, July 17, 12:00 PM to Sunday, July 19, 5:00 PM

Taste the Sonoran Desert: Mesquite Flour Milling & More at the Maricopa County Home Show

Homegrown Foods will be live at the July show! In this workshop led by the one and only Cactus Kelly, you will learn:

Sunday, June 14

Mesquite Bean Harvesting Walks – June 14 & 20

Learn how to harvest mesquite beans. Which trees? How to process them into flour and drinks.

Saturday, June 13

Mesquite Harvesting Walk and Mesquite Milling class at the Chandler Nature Center

Chandler

Kelly returns for the third year in a row with her mesquite milling machine demo, wild food tastings, and a plant walk through the park, including harvesting mesquite beans.

Saturday, May 16

Moore Family Backyard Permablitz!

Beaux-Kristian Moore won our January 2026 giveaway to transform his family’s backyard into a desert-hardy food forest.

Saturday, April 18

Palo Verde Bean Harvesting Walks – April 18 and 23

Learn how to harvest "Desert Edamame" with Cactus Kelly. Taste the beans, identify the trees, and learn tips for easier harvesting.

Friday, March 27

Free Foraging Fridays with Cactus Kelly — March 27, April 3 , 17,  24

Come over to Kelly's kitchen in Ahwatukee. Learn about what is in season, and help process it. Mesquite flour, Palo Verde, tea, seasonings, Ironwood beans, Prickly Pear, Saguaro fruits, and more. Learn from Kelly, who has focused on foraging for wild and urban plants in Phoenix for ten years. Taste the desert and meet like-minded people. Put your ecosystem awareness into action! A short edible plant walk is included. Prickly pear tea, mesquite beans, saltbush green salt, barrel cactus seeds, and more will be available to purchase at the end of the class.

Friday, March 27, 10:00 AM to Sunday, March 29, 4:00 PM

Skyfire Film Festival

We are the official planting partner & sponsor of Arizona’s first ecological film festival, a zero-waste event put on by local nonprofit Urban Farming Education .

Saturday, March 7, 8:00 AM to Sunday, March 8, 4:00 PM

Phoenix Food Forest Neighborhood Planting

Phoenix

Come help this neighborhood, the largest suburban food forest of its kind, plant an additional ~200 fruit & shade trees donated by various nurseries!