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Water Efficient Landscape Classes

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The City of Redwood City and the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA) are presenting a series of FREE Water Efficient Landscape Classes for the community. There are over 20 classes offered throughout the peninsula, south bay, and east bay, with two of them in Redwood City. Attend one, attend all, or any number you’d like!

These classes offer interesting and useful classroom lectures and/or hands-on workshops across a wide range of water efficient landscaping practices for your yard, including sustainable landscaping, use of California native and drought tolerant plants, creating healthy soil, understanding water conservation, alternatives to lawn, habitat gardening, edible landscaping, parent/child gardening workshop, water efficient irrigation practices, and hardscape design.

 

The two Redwood City workshops are:

  • “Hardscape Design” – Saturday, September 17th, 2011, 9 am to noon. Participants will learn about permeable surfaces and their water conserving benefits. This hands-on workshop will teach how to design and install pathways and patios using decomposed granite, gravel, flagstone and pavers. Instruction provided by Lyngso Garden Materials. Location: Lyngso Garden Materials, 19 Seaport Boulevard.
  • “Graywater for Landscape Irrigation” – Saturday, October 22, 9 am to noon. Graywater is water from the shower, clothes washer and bathroom sink that is re-used for landscape irrigation. Participants will find out how graywater systems might work for their households. Instruction provided by Deva Luna. Location: Redwood City Public Works Services, 1400 Broadway

 

Registration is required – call (650) 349-3000 or email . For more information about water conservation in Redwood City, visit www.redwoodcity.org/conservation

There are lots of other great water efficient landscape workshops and classes scheduled through October – the complete schedule and much more information on water wise gardening for your home is online at http://bawsca.org/water-conservation/residential-water-conservation-programs/residential-outdoor/.

Sustainable Gardening Lecture Series

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Lectures, free and open to the public, are held from 7pm to 9pm at the San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way (just off Alameda de las Pulgas, 5 blocks south of Hwy 92).  For more information, call 650-599-1498.

2/18 (Thu) — Seasonal Sustainable Gardening:  Vegetables/Ornamentals
4/7 (Wed) — Seasonal Sustainable Gardening:  Utilizing Compost Biology
5/6 (Thu) — Vermicomposting Extravaganza:  Lecture & Demo
7/15 (Thu) — Planning & Understanding Drought Tolerant Gardening
8/11 (Wed) —  Seasonal Sustainable Gardening:  Winter Veggie Garden Prep
9/21 (Tue) — Alternatives to Landscape Waste & Pollution:  Rethinking Lawns
10/6 (Wed) — Sustainable Gardening Foundation:  Compost & The Soil Foodweb
11/16 (Tue) — Guest Speaker, tba

Get a Rebate of up to $150 for Replacing Your Old Toilet

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Did you know that Redwood City will pay you up to $150 for each* high-efficiency toilet you install which replaces an old toilet using three gallons per flush or more?

It’s a great way to save water and help the environment while saving money on your water bill. Purchase your high quality, high-efficiency toilets at the following Redwood City retailers (or see your plumber):

  • Ferguson Enterprises, 820 Willow Street, (650) 368-2901
  • Fixtures & Faucets. 800 Woodside Road. (650) 361-1400
  • OSH. 2110 Middlefield Road, (650) 365-7373
  • Pacific Sales, 240 Walnut Street, (650) 381-7199
  • Plumbing n’ Things, 1620 Industrial Way, (650) 363-7333

(This list not intended to be an exhaustive or a recommended list of local retailers that offer high-efficiency toilets)

*Maximum of three toilets

Visit http://www.RedwoodCity.org/conservation or http://www.BAWSCA.org, or call (650) 780-7436 for more information.