Spring 2012 Water Efficient Landscaping Classes
Register Now for FREE Water-Efficient Landscape Classes!

The City of Redwood City and the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA) present free Water Efficient Landscape Classes for the community. There are over 30 great classes offered throughout the peninsula, south bay, and east bay, with four of them in Redwood City. Attend one, attend all, or any number you’d like!

These classes offer interesting and useful classroom lectures and hands-on workshops across a wide range of water efficient landscaping practices for your yard, including sustainable landscaping, use of California native and drought tolerant plants, creating healthy soil, understanding water conservation, alternatives to lawn, habitat gardening, edible landscaping, parent/child gardening workshop, water efficient irrigation practices, and hardscape design.

Here are the four Redwood City workshops (go to bawsca.org/classes for the complete list of classes and workshops):

• “Graywater for Landscape Irrigation” - Saturday, March 24, from 9 am to noon. Graywater is water from the shower, clothes washer and bathroom sink that is re-used for landscape irrigation. Participants will find out how graywater systems might work for their households. Instructor: Deva Luna. Location: Redwood City Public Works Services, 1400 Broadway.
  
  
• "Water Efficient Drip Irrigation" - Saturday, April 14, from 9 am - noon. Learn about basic drip irrigation design and installation, choosing the right components, watering techniques, and system maintenance for your landscaping. Instructor: Lori Palmquist. Location: Redwood City Public Works Services, 1400 Broadway.
  
  
• “Hardscape Design” - Saturday, April 28 from 8 am - noon. Participants will learn about permeable surfaces and their water conserving benefits. This hands-on workshop will teach how to design and install pathways and patios using decomposed granite, gravel, flagstone and pavers. Instructor: Vic Thomas. Location: Lyngso Garden Materials, 19 Seaport Boulevard.
  
  
• “Hardscape Design” - Saturday, May 19, from 9 am to 1 pm (content is the same as the April 28 class). Participants will learn about permeable surfaces and their water conserving benefits. This hands-on workshop will teach how to design and install pathways and patios using decomposed granite, gravel, flagstone and pavers. Instructor: Vic Thomas. Location: Lyngso Garden Materials, 19 Seaport Boulevard.

Registration is required - go to bawsca.org/classes or call (650) 349-3000.

There are lots of other great water efficient landscape workshops and classes scheduled during March, April, and May at other locations nearby in the Bay Area – the complete schedule and much more information on water wise gardening for your home is online at bawsca.org/classes