Ventura Breezes Through Curb Cuts

Posted on 19. Oct, 2012 by in City of Ventura, Curb Your Pollution, G3 Blog, G3 Community, G3 Consutling Node, G3 In The News, G3 Media, G3 Partners, Green Infrastructure, Low Impact Design, Neighborhood Curb Cuts, Rain Gardens, Surfrider Foundation, Ventura County, Water Quality, Watershed Friendly Gardens, Watershed Notes

G3 Core Concepts graduate, John Burke (aka LAJohnny – LA stands for Landscape Architect, not Los Angeles), wrote a great article for the Ventura Breeze on the curb cutting event held at Dan Long’s house in Ventura.  The article is a really good synopsis of the importance of Rain Gardens and Curb Cuts as things [...]

Surfrider San Diego Sunset Cliffshanger Watershed Basics Class

Posted on 12. Oct, 2012 by in G3 Associates, G3 Blog, G3 Community, G3 Education, G3 In The News, G3 Media, G3 Partners, Homeowner, San Diego County, Surfrider Foundation, Video, Watershed Basics

Congratulations to G3 Associate and San Diego Chapter Ocean Friendly Gardens Committee Chair, Susan Krzywicki, who led the three hour Watershed Basics Class at Point Loma, kicking off the next OFG Series targeted at residents living near Sunset Cliffs. Susan did a great job flying solo and overcoming a technical glitch from an IPad dead [...]

5th Annual EPA Watersmart Innovations Meets Watershed Wise Approach

Posted on 11. Oct, 2012 by in Conferences, EPA Watersmart Innovations, G3 Blog, G3 In The News, G3 Media, G3 Partners, Speaker Series, Surfrider Foundation, Water Conservation, Watershed Notes, West Basin MWD

It looks as though the EPA Watersmart Innovations conference is becoming more receptive to the principles of Watershed Wise Landscapes, as agency and city representatives from across the country engaged in productive dialogue with G3′s Managing Member, Pamela Berstler, at her talk: Pledges and Promises – Are We Really Changing Landscape Behaviors? Gus Meza, Conservation [...]

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 [...]

Community Reviews Manhattan Beach Ocean Friendly Demonstration Garden

Posted on 04. Aug, 2012 by in G3 Blog, G3 Community, G3 Design Studio, G3 In The News, G3 Media, G3 Partners, Los Angeles/South Bay, Manhattan Beach Strand, Surfrider Foundation, West Basin MWD

Join us the evening of August 15th for a community review of G3′s preliminary design for the Ocean Friendly Demonstration Garden slated for the Manhattan Beach Strand.  This garden is being built as part of the West Basin MWD/Surfrider Foundation grant, and is one of ten gardens G3 is designing under the team leadership of [...]