Upcoming events

• Arts in the Park, Summer Series

  • Start
    May 16, 2010
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • End
    September 05, 2010
  •  
    04:00 PM
  • Location
    Various locations around ABQ: see description for details.

  Arts in the Park

  The City of Albuquerque is proud to announce the resurrection of the "Arts in the Park" series. This program will present a variety of performing and visual arts using the natural beauty of our City parks as a backdrop. (Please click on the park names below for a detailed map view of each location.)

  
  

  

  12 noon – 4:00 pm

  Sunday, May 16      Hyder Park (Carlisle and Pershing, SE)

  Sunday, May 30      Carlos Rey Park (Benavides and Delgado)

  Sunday, June 13      Arroyo del Oso Park (Wyoming and Osuna)

  Sunday, June 27      Mariposa Basin Park (Taylor Ranch and Kachina)

  Sunday, July 11       Roosevelt Park (Coal and Spruce)

  Sunday, July 25       Jeanne Bellamah Park (Juan Tabo and Summer)

  Sunday, Aug 8         Montgomery Park (San Mateo and Ponderosa)

  Sunday, Aug 22       Matheson Park (Morris and Lexington)

  Sunday, Sept 5        Balloon Museum (Alameda and Balloon Museum Dr)

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• New Mexico Wine Festival

  • Start
    September 04, 2010
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • End
    September 06, 2010
  •  
    07:00 PM
  • Location
    Loretto Park in Bernalillio. see www.newmexicowinefestival.com

  New Mexico Wine Festival
  September 4th-6th, 2010
  New Mexico's oldest wine festival offers wine tastings from several of New Mexico's wineries plus live entertainment, food, high-quality arts and crafts in Bernalillio
  12-7 pm, Loretto Park
  
  The New Mexico Wine Festival at Bernalillo wraps up the summer with the premier wine festival of the southwest! As the biggest wine festival in the state, most of the New Mexico wineries will be there, giving their customers a rare opportunity to taste and purchase New Mexico wines at their best. Lots of great music, arts and crafts, and those summer foods we all love make a perfect backdrop for wine, wine, wine! Call for questions: 867-3311 or find them online: www.newmexicowinefestival.com
  
  (listing from www.itsatrip.org)

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• Sunstone Herb Farm: open house

  • Start
    September 11, 2010
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    South Valley, ABQ - Email sunstoneherbs@gmail.com or call 888-737-6535

  Open House
  Saturday, September 11, 10am-12pm
  Sunstone Herbs in the South Valley
  
  Visit the farm for a tour of the Sunstone urban homestead in progress. Meet the goats, chickens and learn about their design choices.
  
  Pre-registration required. Registration limited. Email us to RSVP with how many in your party or for more information.
  
  Call 888-737-6535 for location and registration.
  Check the website for details and class fees: www.sunstoneherbs.co
  

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• PLANT FOCUS. autumn tree and shrub extravaganza

  • Start
    September 18, 2010
  •  
    09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
  • Location
    the Albuquerque Garden Center, 10120 Lomas Blvd NE

  Fall tree and shrub sale!
  September 18th, 2010
  9am-4pm at the Albuquerque Garden Center,
  10120 Lomas Blvd NE.
  
  Fall is the best time for planting perennials in ABQ! Attend and enjoy the 2nd annual Autumn Plant Extravaganza hosted by the Garden Council.
  
  The Council will offer five unusual trees and shrubs for purchase, different from the ones offered last year.  We will also have seminars, ISA Arborists for tree questions, and the Albuquerque Daylily Society selling daylilies.
   
  Don’t miss this premier fall event!  Call the Garden Center at 296.6020 (or abqgardenctr@swcp.com) to ask questions or reserve a booth.  MasterCard and Visa are accepted.
   
  Margo Murdock
  Event Chairperson
  

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• Bernalillo County Open Space: backyard farming series

  • Start
    September 18, 2010
  •  
    09:30 AM - 04:00 PM
  • Location
    Hubbell House in ABQ's South Valley, 6029 Isleta SW

  this workshop:
  Harvesting Food and Medicine
  

  Saturday September 18th, 9:30am registration
  Gutierrez-Hubbell House
  6029 Isleta Blvd, 3mi south of Rio Bravo
  
  Join in for the third in a series of FREE workshops that will focus on how to transform your backyard into a thriving urban oasis of food, medicine and wildlife habitat.
  

  Workshop Topics:

  ·  Canning, Fermentation, Drying, and Storing
  ·  Local Foods Lunch Forum
  ·  "Green Pharmacy" Preparing, Drying, Storing, and Harvesting Medicinal Plants
  

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  Bernalillo County Open Space in coordination with the Hubbell House Alliance is offering a series of FREE workshops that will focus on how to transform your backyard into a thriving urban oasis of food, medicine and wildlife habitat.  Six seasonally-based workshops are spread throughout the spring, summer and fall so that participants can transform their backyards this year. The series will highlight experts in their field to lead presentations and hands-on demonstrations. Each session will also feature a Local Food Forum where local food producers will present their goods, provide tasty snacks, and talk about their enterprise. The workshops are free, however space is limited and participants must RSVP in advance.
  
  

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• ABQ OpenSpace: Urban Farm and Harvest Festival

  • Start
    September 18, 2010
  •  
    10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
  • Location
    Open Space Visitor Center: 6500 Coors, between Montaño and Paseo del Norte

  3rd annual Urban Farming Event at Albuquerque Open Space

  September 18th, 2010 from 10:00 to 5:00 pm
  

  Enjoy the yearly celebration of agriculture heritage, open space, food, wildlife, healthy families, and community with Albuquerque Open Space at the Open Space Visitor Center, on Coors NW between Montaño Rd. and Paseo del Norte at the end of Bosque Meadows Rd.
  For the most current information:
  www.cabq.gov/openspace/UrbanFarmFestival.html
  
  

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  Some of last year's activities...
  Workshops and Tours:
  

  • Haybale rides every hour on the hour
  • Creating Backyard, Urban Farms by Mother Nature Gardens/Living Edge Landscape*
  • Wildlife Rescue (Live Birds and Presentation)
  • Edible Landscaping with Lloyd the Fig Man*
  • Composting Demo*
  • "Traditions Garden" tour (9:30am)

  Live music: from the Squash Blossom Boys and other performers on our grassy lawn overlooking our 24 acre working farm/wildlife preserve.
  
  Food: Delicious food will be available to purchase, or bring a picnic lunch to enjoy on our grassy lawn. Graze booths from local farmers and businesses.
  
  This is an event for all ages!
  

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  Sign up your group today if you’d like to reserve a FREE space for a booth at the event. Please send your registration by August 18th. Contact Jodi Hedderig at jhedderig@cabq.gov, 897-0572 or Kim Selving at kselving@cabq.gov with further questions or 452-5216 to register. Once your application is received, your group will be sent a packet with set up instructions and a map to the site.
  
  Thanks again for your support in making Urban Farm Fest a successful, educational, and fun event for the citizens of Albuquerque and for sharing what Urban Farming means to you.
  
  Jodi Hedderig, City of Albuquerque
  Open Space Division
  PO Box 1293
  Albuquerque, NM 87103
  FAX 505-897-0572
  openspace@cabq.gov
  
  The City of Albuquerque Open Space Division is proud to be a part of Albuquerque’s agricultural heritage, with over 366 acres of farmland preserves within the Albuquerque area and for the second year in a row we’re celebrating with a unique event for the whole family. The Visitor's Center has joined forces with local farmers, local businesses, and conservation organizations to bring attention to the importance of preserving our agricultural heritage.
  

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• National Public Lands Day

  • Start
    September 25, 2010
  • Location
    everywhere!

  National Public Lands Day
  
Saturday, September 25, 2010
  
  NPLD is the nation's largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands Americans enjoy. In 2009, 150,000 volunteers built trails and bridges, removed trash and invasive plants, planted trees and restored our water resources. Join us for the next NPLD on September 25, 2010.
  
  National Public Lands Day began in 1994 with three federal agencies and 700 volunteers. On September 26, 2009, 150,000 volunteers worked at over 2,000 locations and in every state and in many U.S. territories. Now, 8 federal agencies and many state and local lands participate in this annual day of caring for shared lands.
  
  National Public Lands Day keeps the promise of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the "tree army" that worked from 1933-42 to preserve and protect America's natural heritage.
  
  This annual event:
      •    Educates Americans about critical environmental and natural resources issues and the need for shared stewardship of these valued, irreplaceable lands;
      •    Builds partnerships between the public sector and the local community based upon mutual interests in the enhancement and restoration of America's public lands;
      •    Improves public lands for outdoor recreation, with volunteers assisting land managers in hands-on work.
  
  

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• GardenersGuild @the Downtown Market

  • Start
    September 25, 2010
  •  
    08:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Triangle Park, on Central between 7th and 8th Streets

  Gardeners'Guild has answers!
  Saturday @theDowntown Growers Market
  
  Get your gardening on for the fall!
  Get locally sensitive guidance for urban gardeners with GardenersGuild. Find answers easily by visiting the Downtown Market on a beautiful fall day. Swing by the GG info table to ask your cool season gardening questions!
  
  Saturday September 25th, 8am-12noon
  Saturday October 9th, 8am-12noon
  

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• Mother Nature Gardens: urban sustainability class

  • Start
    September 25, 2010
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • Location
    Mother Nature Gardens is located at 209 47th St NW, Albuq NM 87105

  urban sustainability class.
  Food Forest
  
  Saturday September 25th, 10am - noon
  with Bard Edrington
  PLEASE RSVP. MOTHER NATURE GARDENS classes are held at the Demonstration Farm: 209 47th St NW. Inquire for class fee.
  
  "Although we always imagined our farm on 10 acres in the country, we took all our experience and knowledge and applied it to what we could afford at the time: 0.18 acres in the heart of the city. Now that I am here, I am convinced “urban farming” is the solution to wide spread sustainability. We work according to the seasons, plant and rest according to the moon, and care for our plants, trees, chickens, and bees. In short, we do all the things farmers do, but we can also walk a block to the nearest bus stop or a few blocks to the groccery store. Opportunities for building community abound in the city as does the chance to share our surplus and knowledge."
  
  At Mother Nature Gardens, Bard and Zoe have planted in the heart of Albuquerque:
  * 11 types of fruit-producing trees, shrubs, and vines
  * 6 perennial herbs
  * 15 different vegetables this season
  * chicken eggs and meat
  * honey, bees wax, and bee propolis
  
  www.mothernaturegardens.com
  

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  Zoe & Bard Edrington
  Telephone: 505.242.4803
  Albuquerque, New Mexico
  info@mothernaturegardens.com

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• Sunstone Herb Farm: workshop

  • Start
    September 26, 2010
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    South Valley, ABQ - Email sunstoneherbs@gmail.com or call 888-737-6535

  Herbal 'Farmacy'
  When     Sunday September 26th, 10am-12pm
  Where     Sunstone Herbs
  
  Check the website for details and class fees: www.sunstoneherbs.com
  
  Pre-registration recommended. Registration limited.
  
  Call 888-737-6535 for location and to register.
  or email for more details.
  www.sunstoneherbs.com

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• New Mexico Watershed Forum

  • Start
    September 28, 2010
  • End
    September 30, 2010
  • Location
    Uptown Marriot in Albuquerque

  New Mexico Watershed Forum
  September 28-30, 2010                                                                                                                    From Mountaintop to River Bottom:
  Teaming up for Healthy Watersheds
  www.watershedforum.org
  
  The second New Mexico Watershed Forum will be held this fall, September 28th-30th, in Albuquerque.  We hope you will join us for this exciting learning and networking opportunity.  Event details, the Forum website, and members of the Planning Committee can be found here: www.watershedforum.org/
  
  Event Details
  The New Mexico Watershed Forum will bring together watershed groups, non-governmental organizations, contractors, Tribes and Pueblos, soil and water conservation districts, and local, state, and federal agencies interested in watershed management and protection.  Presentations and workshops will provide tools and information for people involved in watershed restoration on the ground. A day of fieldtrips will provide on-site experience with restoration projects.  
   
  The New Mexico Watershed Forum will provide opportunities for local leadership to team up and share successes, challenges, and innovations while networking and discussing watershed issues.
  
  Come share your experience and learn from others!
  
  For more details email: info@watershedforum.org
  or visit the Forum Website for upcoming information.
  

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  New Mexico Watershed Forum Planning Committee:
  Mike Bain                                                   
  Aaron Kauffman
  Beth Bardwell                                         
  David Manzanares
  Hilary Brinegar                                      
  Karen Menetrey
  Michael Chavarria                               
  Susan Rich
  Rachel Folk                                               
  Rich Schrader
  Abraham Franklin
  Jill Wick
  Dusty Hunt                                               
  Joseph Pete Zebrowski
  
  For more information please email: info@watershedforum.org
  
  

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• ABQ Backyard Farms: Fall Gardening

  • Start
    October 02, 2010
  • Location
    Contact melanie@melanierubincoaching.com or call 261-3214
  • Registered
    Nobody

  Albuquerque Backyard Farms
  Fall Gardening: Fall planting for fresh vegetables throughout the winter, and preparing for next year with composting and sheet mulching.
  
  Saturday, October 1st
  Locations, times, and presenters vary.
  
  Pre-register to receive details on location and time. For more information, call 261-3214 or email melanie@melanierubincoaching.com.
  
  Visit www.abqbackyardfarms.com to see workshops provided throughout the spring, summer, and fall of 2010 by members of the Albuquerque Backyard Farms Collaborative, a group of organizations committed to teaching people how to grow healthy food and herbs in their own backyards.
  
  

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• GardenersGuild @the Downtown Market

  • Start
    October 09, 2010
  •  
    08:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Triangle Park, on Central between 7th and 8th Streets

  Gardeners'Guild has answers!
  @theDowntown Growers Market
  
  Saturday October 9th, 8am-12noon
  Get your gardening on for the fall!
  Get locally sensitive guidance for urban gardeners with GardenersGuild. Find answers easily by visiting the Downtown Market on a beautiful fall day. Swing by the GG info table to ask your cool season gardening questions!
  
  

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• Bernalillo County Open Space: backyard farming series

  • Start
    October 16, 2010
  •  
    09:30 AM - 04:00 PM
  • Location
    Hubbell House in ABQ's South Valley, 6029 Isleta SW

  this workshop: Seed Saving
  and Winter Preparation
  
  

  Saturday October 16th, 9:30am registration
  Gutierrez-Hubbell House
  6029 Isleta Blvd, 3mi south of Rio Bravo
  
  Join in for the third in a series of FREE workshops that will focus on how to transform your backyard into a thriving urban oasis of food, medicine and wildlife habitat.
  

  Workshop Topics:

  · Agricultural Heritage and
    Methods to Harvest and Store Seeds
  · Local Foods Lunch Forum
  · Winter Clean-up and Year-round Growing
  
  The Local Lunch Forum is organized through the South Valley Economic Development Center, visit them at www.svedc.org
  
  For more info, visit www.bernco.gov/openspace
  
  These workshop are organized with assistance from Sunstone Herbs, visit them at sunstoneherbs.com
  

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  Bernalillo County Open Space in coordination with the Hubbell House Alliance is offering a series of FREE workshops that will focus on how to transform your backyard into a thriving urban oasis of food, medicine and wildlife habitat.  Six seasonally-based workshops are spread throughout the spring, summer and fall so that participants can transform their backyards this year. The series will highlight experts in their field to lead presentations and hands-on demonstrations. Each session will also feature a Local Food Forum where local food producers will present their goods, provide tasty snacks, and talk about their enterprise. The workshops are free, however space is limited and participants must RSVP in advance.
  
  

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• HAC Sustainability Series: Solar

  • Start
    October 16, 2010
  •  
    09:30 AM - 03:30 PM
  • Location
    1117 7th Street, at Mountain. Please bring your lunch!

  The Harwood Art Center presents
  Sustainability Series: Solar
  These workshops are intensive, all-day affairs that will delve into topics with the depth required to do something serious to improve your sustainability.
  

  Saturday, October 16th

  All Things Solar: Active, Passive & Rebates
  

  Harwood’s new sustainability workshop series provides easy to understand, practical information for people looking to reduce their impact. Workshops take place on Saturdays every other month beginning in February and have both a morning and afternoon component. Check out these great offerings by professionals who can “break it down” for the rest of us. Be informed, get involved, reduce your impact.

  
  

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  Find out more about membership at the Harwood... http://harwoodartcenter.org/ss/sustainability-series/
  
  EMAIL: info@harwoodartcenter.org
  1114 7th Street NW
  Albuquerque, NM 87102
  (505) 242-6367
  

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• Sunstone Herb Farm: workshop

  • Start
    October 24, 2010
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    South Valley, ABQ - Email sunstoneherbs@gmail.com or call 888-737-6535

  Artisan Bread Baking
  When     Sunday October 24, 10am-12pm
  Where     Sunstone Herbs
  
  Check the website for details and class fees: www.sunstoneherbs.com
  
  Pre-registration recommended. Registration limited.
  
  Call 888-737-6535 for location and to register.
  or email for more details.
  www.sunstoneherbs.com

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• ABCWUA says: time to reduce watering

  • Start
    November 01, 2010
  • Location
    in your outer spaces!

  Instead of mandating days to water for the residents of Albuquerque, the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (ABCWUA) leaves the scheduling to you. Pick your days to water, and use their guidelines for irrigation if at all possible.
  NOTE - when establishing new perennials, trees or other plants, it is not advised that the watering schedule is limited to these few days. Water as indicated for the new additions, and disregard the regular recommendations for watering established plants.
  
  WATERING A LANDSCAPE WITH DRIP IRRIGATION:
  
  MARCH: water once per week
  APRIL & MAY: water twice per week
  JUNE, JULY, AUGUST: water three times per week
  SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER: water two times per week
  NOVEMBER: water once a week
  in winter!
  DECEMBER - FEBRUARY... be sure to water 1-2 times per month, but be careful to avoid watering when extreme cold is present or is expected.
  Also remember, if areas are not heavily mulched for winter, cover a more tender plant to protect it from those extremes.
  

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• ABCWUA says: time to reduce watering

  • Start
    December 01, 2010
  • Location
    in your outer spaces!

  Instead of mandating days to water for the residents of Albuquerque, the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (ABCWUA) leaves the scheduling to you. Pick your days to water, and use their guidelines for irrigation if at all possible.
  NOTE - when establishing new perennials, trees or other plants, it is not advised that the watering schedule is limited to these few days. Water as indicated for the new additions, and disregard the regular recommendations for watering established plants.
  
  WATERING A LANDSCAPE WITH DRIP IRRIGATION:
  
  MARCH: water once per week
  APRIL & MAY: water twice per week
  JUNE, JULY, AUGUST: water three times per week
  SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER: water two times per week
  NOVEMBER: water once a week
  in winter!
  DECEMBER - FEBRUARY... be sure to water 1-2 times per month, but be careful to avoid watering when extreme cold is present or is expected.
  Also remember, if areas are not heavily mulched for winter, cover a more tender plant to protect it from those extremes.
  

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• Albuquerque Garden Center: HOLIDAY FAIR

  • Start
    December 03, 2010
  •  
    09:00 AM
  • End
    December 04, 2010
  •  
    04:00 PM
  • Location
    Albuquerque Garden Center, 10120 Lomas NE, east of Wyoming

  Council of Albuquerque Garden Clubs, Inc presents: The 2009 Holiday Fair
  

  Friday December 3rd &
  Saturday December 4th
  9am – 4pm
  At the Albuquerque Garden Center
  10120 Lomas Blvd Ne
  296-6020
  

  
  * Garlands * wreaths * poinsettias *  
  * table decorations * and much more! *
  * Over 40 craft booths! *
  * Great food! Free admission! Free parking! *
   
  www.albuquerquegardencenter.org/
  

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