5-Steps to Sustainable Landscaping

The 5-Steps to Sustainable Landscaping video course is now in production. The course material is the result of a year-long program by the California Master Gardeners. It’s purpose is to save you – the California homeowner – time, money and resources by creating a sustainable home landscape.

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This course is not yet available, but subscribe to the RSS feed on this page to be notified of updates. This video is a preview of the content to come…

Some back-story on the video:
Californians use 60% to 80% of their domestic water outside the home, pouring it directly on the ground and use 40% or less indoors. California’s population will double in the next 20 to 25 years. The double number of homes will still use the same amount inside, but only 20% of our water will be available for landscaping. This means that our yards will get 1/6 of their current water.

Switching to native plants saves up to 90% of the water used by common landscaping materials. This is about as much as they will get in the future. Yearly savings of $600 to $800 are possible on water alone. Another $1,200 to $1,800 per year savings comes when you fire your yard care guy – since your yard no longer needs constant care.

Other advantages natives bring to the garden is they are hardy and generally disease-free, they attract native insects which include predatory insects as well as butterflies, and they require no fertilizer or toxic chemical sprays.

Watch this video to learn how sustainable landscaping can save you time, effort and money – and protect your air and water at the same time. Then enter your name and e-mail below to get the free training video series delivered to your in-box.

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Enter your name and e-mail below to sign-up for this course. You will be e-mailed links to each module as it is released. Until then, think ‘Native’!