Keep Sedona Beautiful, Inc.

05/05/2026

Keep Sedona Beautiful will hold its next Preserving the Wonder™ Speaker Series event on Wednesday, May 20 at 5:00 pm at KSB’s EcoHub, 360 Brewer Road, Sedona. This month’s speaker is Margaret Zhao, award winning author and teacher of Taoist Qigong. Her topic is “Harmony in motion: Qigong in the Keep Sedona Beautiful Garden.” The event is free and open to the public. Carpooling is encouraged. Doors open at 4:30 pm. Please visit the KSB website, www.keepsedonabeautiful.org for details.
Margaret’s presentation will have both indoor and outdoor components. She will start indoors with a discussion of how to experience nature from a Chinese perspective, aligning with nature’s 5 basic elements to thrive in life, and how to apply ancient wisdom to balance body, mind, home & surroundings. The group will then move into the KSB garden to put some of these principals into action.
Margaret Zhao is an award-winning author, acclaimed standup comedienne, renowned motivational speaker and teacher of Taoist Qigong. Weaving together humor, art, and profound knowledge, Margaret creates her unique way of teaching Qigong and Self-Healing Therapy that inspires and benefits students of all ages in a fun, unforgettable way.
The Preserving the Wonder Speaker series is held on the third Wednesday of each month. For over 50 years, Keep Sedona Beautiful has been dedicated to protecting and enhancing the scenic beauty and natural environment of Sedona and the Verde Valley. For more information about Keep Sedona Beautiful, please visit www.keepsedonabeautiful.org.

04/28/2026

Arizona's wildfire seasons are growing longer, more intense, and more destructive. Arizona Public Service (APS) has responded with a new Comprehensive Wildfire Mitigation Plan (CWMP) that charts a course for protecting our communities and the landscapes we love. After reviewing the plan you can comment on it to the State Forrester by emailing your comments to: [email protected].
What APS Is Doing
Filed in February and compliant with new state legislation, the CWMP recognizes five pillars: vegetation management, grid hardening, asset inspection, monitoring and awareness and operational mitigations.
APS clears vegetation along utility rights-of-way and creates defensible space around equipment poles. Wood utility poles in high-fire-risk areas are being replaced with steel, and fire-resistant wrapping is being applied to those that remain. Older fuses and surge arresters that can shed hot sparks during failures are being systematically replaced with safer alternatives.

Arizona's wildfire seasons are growing longer, more intense, and more destructive. Arizona Public Service (APS) has responded with a new Comprehensive Wildfire Mitigation Plan (CWMP) that charts a course for protecting our communities and the landscapes we love. After reviewing the plan you

04/22/2026

In an extraordinary action taken on March 31, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

04/22/2026

KSB Board Trustee Barry Mallis and host Kristen Keogh of Trail Mix'd, a video series found on Arizona PBS, did a terrific job exploring Sedona's Westfork Trail.
Barry, a superb educator on our natural environment, can be seen beginning minute 2:20 and ending at 10:28. KSB is extremely lucky to have Barry as a KSB Trustee who exemplifies KSB's commitment to Preserving the Wonder™. KSB continues providing education for locals and visitors alike through our many programs.
Kristen continues the hike wrapping up with these words: "Nature gives us all of this and it's our job to take care of it." We couldn't agree more.
Great job everyone!

  KSB Board Trustee Barry Mallis and host Kristen Keogh of Trail Mix'd, a video series found on Arizona PBS, did a terrific job exploring Sedona's Westfork Trail. Barry, a superb educator on our natural environment, can be seen beginning minute 2:20 and ending at 10:28. KSB is

04/22/2026

  On Wednesday, May 20, 2026, Margaret Zhao will present “Harmony in motion: Qigong in the Keep Sedona Beautiful Garden.”Doors open at 4:30 with the presentation starting at 5:00. Join us at the KSB EcoHub, 360 Brewer Road in Sedona. Margaret’s presentation will have both indoor and

04/09/2026

Keep Sedona Beautiful will hold its next Preserving the Wonder™ Speaker Series event on Wednesday, April 15 at 5:00 pm at KSB’s EcoHub, 360 Brewer Road, Sedona. This month’s speaker is Andrew Grossman, Tourism Manager – City of Sedona. He will speak about the evolution of tourism management in Sedona. The event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 4:30 pm. Carpooling is appreciated and recommended. Please visit the KSB website, www.keepsedonabeautiful.org for details.

Andrew will discuss how over the past two decades, communities across the United States have been rethinking the role of tourism, moving beyond traditional marketing toward strategies that support local quality of life and protect the character of the places people love to visit. In this session, he will explore the national shift toward destination management and stewardship while sharing how Sedona’s approach to tourism has evolved since the City established an official Sedona Destination Marketing and Management Organization in July 2023.

03/21/2026

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03/10/2026

  On Wednesday, March 18, 2026, Wendy Hodgson will discuss agaves significance to indigenous peoples. Doors open at 4:30 with the presentation starting at 5:00. Join us at the KSB EcoHub, 360 Brewer Road in Sedona. Researchers have revealed that pre-Columbian farmers grew no less than six

03/10/2026

KSB’s "Discover the Wonder" is a 2-hour educational field trip experience designed for students in grades 5 through 7. The program combines a classroom presentation with self-guided exploration of four distinct areas of KSB's EcoHub Educational Garden.
The inaugural session, hosted in partnership with Camp Verde Middle School, demonstrated the program's immediate impact. 40 students arrived with varying levels of familiarity with their natural surroundings and left with expanded knowledge, enthusiasm, and, in many cases, a sense of wonder about their home landscape that they had never before articulated.
Using field guides designed by Diane Kristoff, students investigated native plants and their uses by Indigenous peoples, identified local pollinators and their role in the ecosystem, examined the region's unique geology, and learned principles of xeriscaping and responsible land stewardship.

KSB’s "Discover the Wonder" is a 2-hour educational field trip experience designed for students in grades 5 through 7. The program combines a classroom presentation with self-guided exploration of four distinct areas of KSB's EcoHub Educational Garden. The inaugural session, hosted in partnership ...

03/09/2026

Keep Sedona Beautiful will hold its next Preserving the Wonder™ Speaker Series event on Wednesday, March 18 at 5:00 pm at KSB’s EcoHub, 360 Brewer Road, Sedona. This month’s speaker is Wendy Hodgson, Herbarium Curator Emerita and Senior Research Botanist at the Desert Botanical Garden. The event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 4:30 pm. Please visit the KSB website, www.keepsedonabeautiful.org for details.
The Preserving the Wonder Speaker series is held on the third Wednesday of each month. For over 50 years, Keep Sedona Beautiful has been dedicated to protecting and enhancing the scenic beauty and natural environment of Sedona and the Verde Valley. For more information about Keep Sedona Beautiful, please visit www.keepsedonabeautiful.org.