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The Moody Garden is a demonstration garden started in 2004 by the Moody Garden Makers as a garden to The Robert J.

Moody Demonstration Garden is a partnership between the University of Arizona and the Moody Garden Makers Garden Club. The purpose of the garden is to educate Yuma residents on gardening in the Southwest. This is accomplished though demonstrations and outreach. All plants are professionally labeled with common and scientific names. This helps residents to know what grows well here and how plants will look once established.

10/22/2026

Please join us at the Moody Garden for a fun family event on Saturday October 31st from 10am-Noon! The weather is wonderful and it’s a great time to enjoy the outdoor. Grown with us! 😃

10/15/2026

Recently, John Moody and Lorene Richards gave a presentation to the Sunrise Optimist Club on Wednesday, October 14, 2026. The presentation, “Moody Garden: Past, Present, and Future,” highlighted the garden’s history, current activities, and exciting opportunities for community partnerships.
We were very pleased with the enthusiastic response and the interest shown in several of our proposed projects. We look forward to another fun, exciting and successful year ahead. Please check back for more updates on future developments on project that are coming to the Moody Garden in the near future!
Grow With Us! 😃

09/17/2026

For your reading enjoyment. Please take a moment to read a wonderful article written by one of our talented Master Gardeners, Lorene Richards. This story was published in Wednesdays Yuma Sun newspaper. We hope you enjoy the article. GROW WITH US! 😃

DISCOVER MOODY GARDEN
When a Shrub Might Just Become a Tree
Check out the guayacán at Moody Garden.
With its green foliage and beautiful blue-purple flowers, guayacán can grow as a dense, multi stemmed shrub or develop into the form of a small tree. That versatility makes it an interesting choice for Yuma landscapes.
Could this plant work in your yard?
If you like the look of a full flowering shrub, guayacán can provide that. If your landscape would benefit from the form of a small tree instead, its multi-stemmed growth offers another possibility.
Rather than thinking of a plant as having only one shape and one purpose, guayacán gives the gardener options. That can be especially useful when planning a smaller landscape. You may want the fullness of a shrub in one location but need something more open and tree-like in another. A plant that lends itself to either form gives you more flexibility in designing the space. Then there are the flowers. The blue-purple blooms against the green foliage can turn guayacán into a standout in the landscape. It’s the kind of plant that demonstrates that choosing plants suited to our desert environment doesn’t mean giving up color or visual interest. The guayacán growing at Moody Garden is an established plant. It gives you something a photograph in a catalog can’t. You can see its actual form, its branching, its foliage and the space it occupies—and then decide whether you’d like something similar growing at home.
That’s one reason Moody Garden is worth discovering. Throughout the garden are other
established plants that may offer ideas for your own landscape. A plant you’ve never considered before might provide the color you’re looking for, fit a difficult space, attract wildlife or simply introduce you to another possibility for gardening in Yuma.
The next Discover Moody Garden Walk will be held Saturday, October 31, from 10 a.m. to
noon. Come take a closer look at the plants growing in the garden and see whether one of them gives you an idea for your own landscape. And while you’re there, find the guayacán.
You may look at the shrub growing there today and find yourself wondering whether there’s a little tree hiding inside it.
About Moody Garden Club
Moody Garden Club brings people together to discover nature, learn together, contribute their unique talents, and help protect the living habitat that makes Moody Garden a valuable community resource.
The club normally meets on the last Tuesday of each month at 9:00 a.m. The October meeting is an exception and will be held Tuesday, October 20, at 9:00 a.m. Meetings are held at the Yuma County Cooperative Extension Office, 2200 W. 28th Street, located on the west side of the Yuma County Public Health Services District building, just down the street from Yuma Catholic High School. Visitors and anyone interested in learning more about Moody Garden are welcome.
Submitted by Moody Garden Club

09/09/2026

To make for a wonderful experience, we are adding some new crop options for our upcoming winter U Pick events that will make for a fun and memorable experience. Please be on the look out for dates here on this page as our crops and mature for harvesting in the months up ahead. Pictured here are seed that were planted in trays for germination and then transplanted over to our winter U Pick field. Looking forward to another fun season 😁! GROW WITH US!

09/08/2026

Have you ever wondered… When and what to plant during different times of year in Yuma, AZ? Provided are some of the crops that can be grown in Yuma and the different seasons to grow them. Hope this helps with your gardening experience. GROW WITH US! 😊

09/02/2026

September is here! And so it begins 😃
Our field preparations have been completed and we are all set to begin planting our crops for the upcoming U Pick season of events. We have started with some sweet corn 🌽. Check back here for updates when it will be ready for harvesting. We look forward to a fun and exciting season this year! GROW WITH US! 😊

09/01/2026

Hope to see all of our Yuma County Master Gardeners soon! Please join us for our October meeting on the 20th at 9:00am. If you are not a Master Gardener and are just curious about Arizona native plants or horticulture home gardens in general. Please join us! 😃

05/31/2024

In all my years that I've been involved with the Moody Garden, I've never seen our Ironwood trees put on such a spectacular show of flowers.

04/17/2023

Right now is the perfect time to visit the Moody Garden if you love seeing flowers.

01/25/2023

We are once again hosting Art in the Garden. Please join us on Feb 4th at 10 am if you are displaying your art or noon if you want to attend to see some great local artists.

Address

2200 W 28th Street
Yuma, AZ
85364

Telephone

+19287263904

Website

http://extension.arizona.edu/yuma/robert-j-moody-demonstration-garden

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