Press Releases
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2016 Trends set by Miniature Gardeners
Posted on January 31, 2017 by Ken Lain, mountain gardenerThis News Release highlights the trends for 2016 and is being made available to our "Gardening Friends" concurrently with it's release to the media. (January 1, 2016 ) Prescott, Arizona - Dwarfs, talking animals and fairy princesses don’t reside just in movies. Increasingly, gardeners are creating their own movie set right in the garden. Miniature,…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Garden Alert – Pocket Gophers at Destructive Levels this Spring
Posted on January 31, 2017 by Ken Lain, mountain gardenerContact: Ken Davis Watters Garden Center kendavis@wattersgardencenter.com cell 603-456-3581 NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Garden Alert - Pocket Gophers at Destructive Levels this Spring (February 12, 2016 ) Prescott, Arizona - Pocket gophers are digging up local gardens at an alarming rate. These burrowing rats live underground, destroying gardens by chomping plant roots and ruining…
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Watters to Fly Large Raptors through Greenhouses
Posted on January 31, 2017 by Ken Lain, mountain gardenerWatters Garden Center is partnering with Arizona Raptor Experience in Chino Valley to teach local gardeners about birds in the landscape. Saturday, March 12 at 9:30am Watters Garden Center will fly these magnificent birds as we teach gardens how to attract more birds into the landscape. Students learn the right trees for protection, water needs,…
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Watters Garden Center & WYGC Foundation team up to sponsor sunflower contest
Posted on January 31, 2017 by Ken Lain, mountain gardenerMembers of the Hillside Alumni Group recently planted spring flowers as a kick-off for May Mental Health Month and as a way to give back to the programs of West Yavapai Guidance Clinic and the clients currently seeking sobriety through treatment. The West Yavapai Guidance Clinic Foundation and Watters Garden Center offer a free sunflower…
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Rotary Host 11th Annual Grapes 4 Grades Party at Watters
Posted on January 31, 2017 by Ken Lain, mountain gardenerRotary International has been supporting the PUSD Math and Reading Program for 36 year now, but this year is different. In 1981, Rotary member Chuck Pfeiffer, came up with a bold idea to help children keep their skills up through our long summer breaks, and it's made a difference. Sanford Cohen, local radio station owner…
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11th Annual Rotary Grapes 4 Grades Party at Watters raises $36,000
Posted on January 31, 2017 by Ken Lain, mountain gardener(June 30, 2016 ) Prescott, Arizona - On Sunday, June 26th, Frontier Rotary hosted their 11th annual 'Grapes 4 Grades' event at Watters Garden Center in Prescott. Attended by nearly 300 business owners and generous local residents, the Grapes 4 Grades event raises over $36,000 to assist in supporting the PUSD Summer Math and Reading program. Party…
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Fifth Annual Men’s Expo changes Date, but not Location
Posted on January 31, 2017 by Ken Lain, mountain gardenerPrescott, Arizona - Think of everything that is unique about men, their passions, activities, sports, man toys and motivational speakers that talk to what makes a man tick, that is what Prescott's men's expo is all about. Highlights featured in 2016 are state-of-the-art cars offered by our lead sponsor Lamb Chevrolet. Ax throwing sponsored by…
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Sunflower Growing Contest
Posted on January 31, 2017 by Ken Lain, mountain gardenerLots of Fun Garden PrizesAugust 27 & 28 Awards Given for Most Vivid Color Largest Single Sunflower Best Single Sunflower Smallest Sunflower Most Beautiful Sunflower Bouquet Best dried Sunflower Ugliest Sunflower Most imaginative display* Most Creative Sunflower Best floral design* Must include at least one Sunflower in the display, but other flowers may be used…
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