California Friendly® and Native Landscape Training

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

Learn how to:

• Implement the watershed approach in your yard
• Create a living soil sponge that holds on to water
• Treat rainwater as a resource by contouring the land to capture it
• Select and arrange plants to maximize biodiversity and minimize water use
• Control your irrigation to minimize water waste

Introductory Video

Produced by Green Gardens Group

Turf Removal and Garden Transformation Workshop

Removing grass from your yard can sound like a big task. This workshop is here to teach 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 turf grass in your yard
• Remove grass without chemicals
• Build healthy living soil
• Select climate-appropriate plants that minimize water use and maximize beauty and biodiversity
• Implement a maintenance schedule to maintain a beautiful garden

Introductory Video

Produced by Green Gardens Group

Garden Design Workshop

A watershed garden is designed to capture and retain 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
• Place plant symbols on a site plan to address plant needs, plant function and basic design guidelines