Yuma County Urban Horticulture

06/25/2025

Today we harvested seeds from our beautiful artichoke plants being grown at the Yuma Ag Center. We are planning on planting them again this year in August. Thank you everyone!

05/07/2025

We have a new Master Gardener class starting May 22nd and ending Sept 4th. It will be Thursday mornings from 9 am to 12:30 pm at the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension office, 2200 W. 28th St. You can attend the class, you can watch the class from home or you can view the class recording at your convenience. Check this registration form for more informationhttps://extension.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/2025-02/yuma-mg-application-2025.pdf

01/08/2025

The harvesters today were Amy, Marlena, Nicole, Diane, Otelia and me. And we won’t know until tomorrow how many pounds our group was able to harvest for the Yuma Community Food Bank. We filled 6 bins. A special thanks to the two farm workers that helped. It’s so much easier when we do the cutting and they do most of the heavy lifting.

01/04/2025

01/03/2025

Thank you Marlena, Diane, Val, Bobi, Karla and Diana! Because of all of your hard work, we were able to harvest 2272 pounds of cauliflower for the Yuma Community Food Bank And a special thanks goes out to Lucio and his crew. They carried lots of heavy boxes to our trucks after we harvested the cauliflower, which made the job so much easier. That's the most cauliflower we've harvested at one time. We had 4 trucks full!

12/20/2024

It was great. We had four rows, each almost 300 feet long of cauliflower that was almost gone by the end of the event. I was surprised, how popular it was!

12/11/2024

Another fun day coming up.

Come join us next Thursday, December 19th, from 9am to Noon for our next UPick event!

Looking to enjoy some fresh, locally grown produce? The Yuma County Cooperative Extension is excited to announce our U-Pick events for the season! This is a fantastic opportunity for community members to engage with local agriculture and pick their own fruits and vegetables.
We would like to extend a special thank you to our bag sponsor, ALLO Fiber Arizona! Your support is invaluable and helps us make this event a success.🤩🤩🤩

12/05/2024

We were able to add a few items to our 9 am U-Pick event this morning. We added Iceberg lettuce, green onions, egg plant and lots and lots of broccoli. I hope to see you there. We are located at 6425 W. 8th St. Turn off of 8th st onto Ave E and we are the first dirt road on the right. Once you drive in, we'll be on the right.

12/02/2024