EMERGENCY DATE CHANGE HOW to Plant & Irrigate In Oxnard

Posted on 01. Mar, 2013 by in G3 Blog, G3 Community, G3 Education, Homeowner, HOWs, Ventura County

Saturday March 9, 2013 – Saturday March 9, 2013 501 Deodar Ave. Map and Directions | Register Description: DUE TO A FAMILY EMERGENCY, THIS HOW WAS RESCHEDULED TO MARCH 9TH AT 9:00AM. If you’ve purchased native or other climate-appropriate plants, planted them, only to see them wither and die within a few weeks or months, [...]

Water LA Cut Your Curb For A Happy Parkway

Posted on 01. Feb, 2013 by in G3 Blog, G3 Community, Homeowner, HOWs, Los Angeles/South Bay, Neighborhood Curb Cuts, Water LA Rainwater Harvesting Project, Watershed Notes

Saturday February 2, 2013 – Saturday February 2, 2013 8029 Mammoth Ave. Map and Directions | Register Description: G3 leads a workshop in cutting your curb to allow rainwater to flow into your parkway.  This simple techniques gives parkway trees all the water they need to survive a long dry summer without irrigation and allows [...]

G3 Leads Water LA In Grading For Rain Hands On Workshop

Posted on 13. Nov, 2012 by in G3 Blog, G3 Community, G3 Education, G3 Partners, HOWs, Los Angeles/South Bay, Rain Capture, Rain Gardens, Water LA Rainwater Harvesting Project

G3 Certified Professional and Qualified Trainer, Marianne Simon, led a group of Panorama City homeowners in a Grading For Rain Hands on Workshop, and beautifully blogs about it on her website.

Santa Barbara Soil Lasagna Made Hot And Fresh

Posted on 21. Sep, 2012 by in G3 Blog, G3 Community, G3 Education, G3 In The News, G3 Media, G3 Partners, HOWs, Living Soil, Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara Lawn Bowls, Surfrider Foundation, Surfrider's Ocean Friendly Gardens, Watershed Friendly Gardens, Watershed Notes, Watershed Wise Landscape

Join G3′s Pamela Berstler tomorrow, as we cook up some Soil Lasagna, a.k.a. Sheet Mulching to effectively replace the warm season (kikuyu) lawn at the Lawn Bowls in Santa Barbara. Read more HERE: Independent Santa Barbara OFG Sheet Mulching Article  This is a delicate meal that will require many cooks in the kitchen; but the [...]

Torrance West High Builds An Ocean Friendly Sponge Garden

Posted on 09. Sep, 2012 by in G3 Blog, G3 Community, G3 Partners, HOWs, Los Angeles/South Bay, School Yard Habitats, Surfrider's Ocean Friendly Gardens, Watershed Friendly Gardens, West Basin MWD

Saturday September 15, 2012 – Saturday September 15, 2012 Torrance West High School Map and Directions | Register Description: Construction begins in earnest at Torrance West High School’s Schoolyard Habitat Garden with two back-to-back Hands on Workshop (HOW) building the Sponge  Garden.  This professionally led Work Day will include installing the decomposed granite paths, planting, [...]