Thank you for participating in MBCA’s 8^thDesert-Wise Landscape Tour!  Almost 400 people were involved this year, including the wonderful hosts and docents who made it all possible.  Along with many Morongo Basin residents, we had visitors from the Coachella Valley and Los Angeles who all experienced the creative beauty and conservation wisdom on display in the 24 Tour sites.

Please share your experience with us!  If you have any brief comments about the Tour, you can just reply to this email. If you would like to expand those comments into a brief essay and be eligible for gift certificates of $200, $150, or $100 to help you enhance your own landscape, enter our Tour Essay Contest! Details are on page 16 of your Tour Book or available here ( link will be provided). 

Since we don't have emails for all the participants, please pass this email along to your friends and family who may have participated with you. 

You have until Monday, May 21 to submit your essay, and we will inform and announce the winners by Wednesday, May 30. 

Again, thanks for your participation, and we hope to hear some feedback from you!

The Landscape Tour Committee and MBCA Board of Directors