
Arizona Rosewood – March 2026 Tree of the Month
February 13, 2026
Get Ready for a Team Leader Refresher on Saturday, March 14th, 2026
February 27, 2026Please check out these dates for tree pruning workshops and other events around the state provided by Marisa Y. Thompson, PhD, Extension Urban Horticulture Specialist.
Silver City
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March 2, 6 pm in Silver City: PRUNING WORKSHOP with Marisa Thompson, hosted by Grant County Extension Agent Jessica Swapp. SEE FLYER BELOW

Aztec & Farmington
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March 3, 3-5 pm in Aztec at the San Juan County Extension Growing Forward Farm with Extension Agent Bonnie Hopkins and Marisa Thompson
- March 3, 6-7 pm in Farmington: Tree Pruning with Marisa Thompson, Urban Horticulture Specialist – at the Farmington Public Library. MORE INFO

Taos and Alcalde (these are not my events, sharing for a colleague)
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March 5, 4-5:30 pm in Taos: Young Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop with Taos County Extension Agent Will Jaremko-Wright, SEE FLYER BELOW
- March 6, 9 am – 3:30 pm at Los Luceros in Alcalde: Annual Fruit Growers Workshop. $20 per person. For pre-registration, please email Elena at eare@nmsu.edu or call her at 505-852-4241. See detailed FLYER below.
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March 7, 2 – 4 pm in Taos: Mature Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop with Taos County Extension Agent Will Jaremko-Wright, SEE FLYER BELOW!

Santa Rosa and surrounding:
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March 11-12, Tree Pruning & Tree Care Workshops in Guadalupe County, likely Santa Rosa, Puerto de Luna, and/or Anton Chico! Marisa to present to multiple groups in the area. Details TBD.
Albuquerque & Los Lunas:
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March 14, 9 am – 12 pm, Fruit Tree Pruning at the Larry P. Abraham Agri-Nature Center Los Ranchos de Albuquerque with Marisa Thompson & Mike Halverson (Santa Ana Native Plants) https://www.losranchosnm.gov/agcenter
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March 17 AND/OR March 18, 9 am – 12 pm in Los Lunas, Fruit Tree Pruning HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS See flyer below.

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March 21, 11 am in Albuquerque: Climate Ready Trees for Albuquerque Area with Marisa at Osuna Nursery https://www.osunanursery.com/osuna-university See flyers below for more detail and their spring line-up.
WEBINAR FOR ALL
- March 18: Ready, Set, GROW! Webinar Series: Identifying Baby Weeds with Extension Weed Specialist Dr. Leslie Beck
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Marisa Y. Thompson, PhD
Extension Urban Horticulture Specialist
- Ready, Set, GROW! Gardening Webinar Series
- Southwest Yard & Garden Column – BLOG & ARCHIVES
- Urban Horticulture Extension Program Website
Think Trees NM, President of the Board (2023-current)
New Mexico State University
Department of Extension Plant Sciences
Los Lunas Agricultural Science Center



