Residential Outdoor
To encourage the efficient use of water on the landscape, BAWSCA offers several programs and a variety of resources:
BAWSCA’s New Water Wise Gardening CD!
Our new Water-Wise Gardening In the Bay Area CD is full of information on how to garden beautifully while saving water. It was produced specifically for BAWSCA member agencies in San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Alameda Counties. These CDs are available now from BAWSCA member agencies. Please check your local water provider for a copy. To view a list of BAWSCA member water agencies, click here.
Copies are also available from the BAWSCA office. Please call 650-349-3000 or e-mail to request your copy. For a tour of the new CD please click here.
BAWSCA’s Landscape Class Series
This spring, BAWSCA sponsored its second series of landscape education classes. In collaboration with the City of Millbrae and Redwood City, there were a total of 12 classes offered. All classes were free to the public. There will be another class series offered in the Spring of 2008. Check back on this site for updates and a schedule of classes.
Below you may click on the dates to access the materials presented from selected past classes:
"Beyond
Cactus"
May
10, 2008 (Instructor Georgia Madden)
"California
Plants for Every Garden" April
24, 2008 (Instructors Patricia Evans and Chris Todd)
"Selecting Colorful Plants
for Your Water-Wise Garden”
April
8, 2006 (instructor Heidi Johnson) `
“Gardening With Natives”
April 15, 2006 (instructor Stephanie Morris)
“Sustainable Landscape Design”
April 22, 2006 (instructor Alrie Middlebrook)
“Water-Wise Garden Design"
April 29, 2006 (instructor Candice Stein).
Bay Friendly Landscaping
The Alameda County Waste Management Authority and the Alameda County Source Reduction and Recycling Board operate as one public agency under the name of Stopwaste.org. This agency has developed set of water-wise landscaping guidelines for the Bay Area called “Bay-Friendly Gardening”. You can view and download the Bay-Friendly Gardening guide here.
BAWSCA has worked with Stopwaste.org to offer copies of their excellent publication "A Bay-Friendly Landscaping Guide to Mulch". The customized version of this guide lists information about the BAWSA member agencies on the back cover. Click here to download your copy. For a hard copy, please call 650-349-3000 or email us.
In the near future, BAWSCA will work with Stopwaste.org to customize the Bay-Friendly Gardening guide with a back cover for BAWSCA member agencies. |
