G3 led a series of Hands-on Workshops (HOWs) sponsored by the City of Oxnard, to help people understand how to transform their lawn into an Ocean Friendly Garden using significantly less water, with healthy, living soil supporting CA native plants, and retaining the rainwater from the adjacent roof of the home. Ten homeowners followed the [...]
Oxnard Residents Learn HOW To Lose The Lawn
Posted on 13. Dec, 2011 by pamela in Build Habitat, City of Oxnard, G3 Blog, G3 Community, G3 Design Studio, G3 Education, G3 In The News, G3 Media, G3 Partners, Homeowner, HOWs, Living Soil, Rain Gardens, Sod Story, Surfrider Foundation, Surfrider's Ocean Friendly Gardens, Ventura County, Video, Watershed Friendly Gardens, Watershed Notes
“The Brazilian”
Posted on 21. Oct, 2011 by pamela in G3 Blog, G3 Community, Nature Lessons, San Diego County, Sod Story
In honor of G3 Associate, Amelia Lima’s birthday, we offer this photo, humorously entitled, “the Brazilian.”
Generation Water Kicks Off Week-Long G3 Training
Posted on 17. Jul, 2011 by pamela in G3 Blog, G3 Community, G3 Education, G3 Partners, Generation Water, Green Infrastructure, Los Angeles/South Bay, Professional, Rain Gardens, Sod Story, Watershed Notes, Watershed Wise Landscape
The first cohort of Generation Water and LA Conservation Corps. youth employees begin their week-long class in Attainable Sustainable Landscaping, provided by G3. As part of Generation Water’s workforce development requirements under the State of California’s first Green Innovation Challenge (a $2.5 million grant to grow the water efficiency sector, train new entrants and incumbent employees, [...]
G3 Prepares For Long Beach OFG Workday
Posted on 23. Mar, 2011 by pamela in G3 Blog, G3 Design Studio, G3 Partners, Homeowner, HOWs, Living Soil, Orange County, Rain Capture, Rain Gardens, Sod Story, Surfrider Foundation, Surfrider's Ocean Friendly Gardens
Long ago in Long Beach, the story of a garden started with a perky bungalow home and the requisite stretch of green, green grass. This old story was dependent upon unlimited sources of drinking water to keep the grass green, and completely ignored the chapters about planting native habitat, restoring living soil, and holding on [...]
