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WaterSmart Workshops
Water Smart Garden Maintenance In-Person Workshop
Saturday, March 11, 2023 | 10 a.m. – Noon | REGISTER
Santa Rosa Water and Daily Acts are excited to partner with the Executive Director of the Habitat Corridor Project, April Owens, for a morning of hands-on learning on how to maintain a water-smart landscape.
Join us for this FREE workshop and learn about tried and true low-water use plants that can be incorporated into your own landscape*. Participants will have an opportunity to practice a multitude of landscape maintenance techniques at the Sonoma County Living Learning Landscapes gardens at the Santa Rosa Junior College campus.
The program will begin with a discussion of how to transform your landscape to be low-water use and take advantage of Santa Rosa Water rebates to help offset the cost of your project. Following a site tour participants will have a hands-on opportunity to work in the gardens alongside community members and program leads. Maintenance will include pruning, weeding, revitalizing stormwater bioswales, and clearing pathways
Join us to learn about:
- How and when to prune various plant structures
- Ways that you can reduce your landscape's water needs
- How to take advantage of Santa Rosa Water's Green Exchange Rebate
*Please note that attendance for this program will be limited to 50 people and advance registration is required. A waitlist will be available should this program fill up.
Thank you to our partners for supporting this program!
Programming Your Irrigation Controller In-Person Workshop
Saturday, April 22, 2023 | 1 - 3 p.m. | REGISTER
Do you have an irrigation system at your home? Do you know how to program your controller to match site and weather conditions?
By programming your irrigation controller to match your landscape water needs, you can save water and money while improving the health of your plants! Join Daily Acts and Santa Rosa Water staff at the Sustainable Education Garden during Earth Day 2023 for a free hands-on workshop where you will learn the basic steps to program a controller, and how to use the various features.
In honor of Earth Day, each attendee will receive a free low water use plant!
Participants will also learn about additional tools and resources including weather-based controllers and weekly WaterSmart Yard recommendations that make seasonal controller programming easy and effective!
Join us to learn about:
- The basic functions of an irrigation controller
- How to program your controller to match the water needs of your landscape
- Tools and resources to help simplify the process
*Please note that attendance for this program will be limited to 50 people and advance registration is required. A waitlist will be available should this program fill up.
Water-wise Gardens and Landscapes Webinar
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 | 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. | REGISTER
Wouldn't it be grand if you could have a colorful, healthy gardens despite fluctuating weather temperatures and climate conditions? Good news -- you can! By replacing high-water-use plants with low-water-use plants that are native to California or regions with similar climates, you can save thousands of gallons of water each year. Aside from lowering your water bill and helping reduce the impacts of climate change, low-water-use gardens and landscapes also have many ecological benefits; plus, they're beautiful!
Join this FREE program to learn about:
- How replacing your lawn and other high-water-use plants can reduce your water bill
- Native and adaptive plants that can thrive with less water, and their many benefits
- How to get money for transforming your lawn to a water-wise landscape through Santa Rosa Water's Cash for Grass rebate program
*Advanced registration is required
Tree Care During Climate Change Webinar
Tuesday, August 8, 2023 | 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. | REGISTER
We all know that climate change is here. How do our landscapes survive and thrive during increasingly warm or wet seasons? And, what about our trees? They provide us with life, oxygen and so much more! How do we maintain their health while recognizing the reality of today's climate? Please join us for a free webinar to learn about how we can care for our trees and the importance of maintaining their health in light of climate change. We’ll be partnering with experts from Vintage Tree Care and will be discussing the many benefits of trees in our landscapes and the best methods for caring for them to optimize health
Please come with your questions and curiosity as we explore this important topic.
Join this FREE program to learn about:
- The ecological value that trees provide
- How to care for trees to maximize health and save water during times of drought
- How planting trees can help to reduce the impacts of climate change
*Advanced registration is required
Retain the Rain: Rain Gardens and Swales Webinar
Thursday, October 12, 2023 | 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. | REGISTER
Rain gardens and swales aren't just beautiful landscape features -- they also help recharge ground water, reduce pollution in our waterways, provide habitat for butterflies, birds, and other pollinators and build soil health!
Join us for this FREE program to learn about how to design and install your own rain garden or swale! Please come with your questions and curiosity as we explore this important garden element.
Join this FREE program to learn about:
- The ecological benefits of slowing, spreading and sinking stormwater runoff
- How stormwater retention in our gardens and landscapes can help reduce the impacts of climate change
- How to design and build rain gardens and swales
*Advanced registration is required