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Metropolitan offers free virtual and in-person classes in landscape design and irrigation principles to help you plant and care for a beautiful water efficient garden. Choose from a variety of topics and themes to help address your garden’s needs. All classes are led by Green Media Creations instructors.

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California Friendly® & Native Landscape Training

This class helps you design a beautiful garden using California Friendly® and native plant landscaping principles.

Learn how to:

  • Transform your yard into a watershed
  • Capture rainwater in your landscape
  • Select and arrange water-saving plants
  • Control your irrigation to minimize water waste

Turf Removal & Garden Transformation Workshop

Removing grass from your yard can sound like a daunting task. This workshop teaches you how to transform thirsty grass into a beautiful, climate-appropriate water efficient garden.

Learn how to:

  • Evaluate your landscape’s potential
  • Plan for your garden transformation
  • Identify the type of turfgrass in your yard
  • Remove grass without chemicals
  • Build healthy living soil
  • Select climate-appropriate plants
  • Develop a garden maintenance schedule

Garden Design Workshop

A watershed garden captures and retains as much rainwater as possible. This workshop covers the critical steps needed to successfully design your own watershed-wise landscape.

Learn how to:

  • Contour your garden to help capture rainwater
  • Create a list of climate-appropriate plants for your garden
  • Use symbols on your site plan to address plant needs and functions

Rainwater Capture

Learn how to make rainwater stay in your garden. This course reviews best practices for rainwater capture.

Learn how to:

  • Select appropriate rainwater capture methods
  • Assess the site and size of your rain garden
  • Manage water entering and exiting a rain garden
  • Conduct maintenance and troubleshooting

Irrigation & Controller Basics

Help your plants thrive with appropriate irrigation techniques and best practices for a water efficient garden.

Learn how to:

  • Understand an efficient irrigation system and soil moisture balance
  • Identify key components of a drip irrigation system and controller
  • Avoid common obstacles and challenges
  • Conduct system maintenance

All About Your Irrigation Controller

Irrigation controllers help run your watering system. This course teaches you about the types of controllers available to you.

Learn how to:

  • Irrigation’s role in maintaining soil moisture balance
  • Purpose and potential of weather-based controllers
  • Basic terminology and programming principles
  • Special functions (cycle & soak, seasonal percentage changes)

Materials & Resources for Your Classes

California Friendly® Maintenance Guide The Waterwise Garden Guidebook

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