Design Your Sustainable Garden

Build a sustainable garden with native California plants and learn best practices for water use efficiency with informative workshops presented by Metropolitan Water District. The workshops area available in person and online to help customers make landscape changes that provide savings and identify water overuse. Water conservation efforts have changed with the seasonal rain, but efficient water use is always the path to prepare for future periods of limited water supply. Explore below for free programs available to Rainbow Water customers.

Garden Design - In Person Workshop

Date: April 12, 2025
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Location: Escondido City Hall, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025
Registration: Advanced registration required for the free event. Please complete the sign up form here.

Join Green Gardens Group in person for a free Garden Design Workshop hosted by Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

In this class, you will learn how to identify critical steps for successfully designing a watershed-wise landscape. Topics include:

1. Sizing and siting the rainwater capture area
2. Developing a palette of climate-appropriate plants
3. Applying key design principles
4. Laying out a successful planting plan

Check out the introductory video in advance so you’ll be prepared for class:  LINK to video
Garden Design Class will be followed by a presentation from the Fire Department.

Pets and Kid Friendly Landscapes

Date: April 17, 2025
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Location: Virtutal Workshop via Zoom
Registration: Advanced registration required for the free event. Please complete the sign up form here.

Join Green Gardens Group for a free Pets and Kids Friendly Landscapes class hosted by California American Water.

Gardens are meant to be enjoyed by all members of the family, be it adults, children, or the family pet. Join us to find out more about providing safe, welcoming spaces for the entire household. Attendees will learn about:

1. What makes a garden ‘kid friendly’
2. Developing fun, stimulating gardens beyond turf
3. Landscaping with safety in mind, for kids and pets
4. Managing animal waste
5. Integrating child and pet areas into the rest of the landscape

On the day of the event, click HERE to join.  Zoom may ask you to re-enter your name and email.

Garden Design Workshop

Date: April 23, 2025
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Location: Virtutal Workshop via Zoom
Registration: Advanced registration required for the free event. Please complete the sign up form here.

Join Green Gardens Group for a free Garden Design Workshop hosted by Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. (These webinars are NOT recorded).

In this class, you will learn how to identify critical steps for successfully designing a watershed-wise landscape. Topics include:

1. Sizing and siting the rainwater capture area
2. Developing a palette of climate-appropriate plants
3. Applying key design principles
4. Laying out a successful planting plan

On the day of the event, click HERE to join.  Zoom may ask you to re-enter your name and email.

Goodbye Grass, Hello Garden: Qualify for Rebates

Date: April 24, 2025
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Location: Virtutal Workshop via Zoom
Registration: Advanced registration required for the free event. Please complete the sign up form here.

Join Green Gardens Group for a free “Goodbye Grass, Hello Garden: Qualify for Rebates” webinar hosted by Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. (These webinars are NOT recorded).

In this class, learn about replacing your lawn with a gorgeous, watershed-wise landscape, and how rebates can help you succeed. Join us to find out about:

1. Removing turf without the use of chemicals
2. Replacing it with climate-appropriate plantings
3. How to apply successfully for a turf replacement rebate

Check out the introductory video in advance so you’ll be prepared for class:  LINK to video

Firescaping and Wildfire Preparedness

Date: Apirl 16, 2025
Time: 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Location: Olivenhain Water District Board Room, 1966 Olivenhain Road, Encinitas

Topics to be covered include home hardening which involves retrofitting your home or property with fire-resistant materials, and firescaping landscape design that reduces wildfire vulnerability. Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District and Encinitas Fire Department will provide a presentation and discuss wildfire preparedness. Steve Sherman of California Landscape Technologies will discuss water-efficient landscape design and firescaping techniques. Registration is required.

For more information and to register: olivenhain.com/customer-services/tours-events/

Keeping Rain in Your Garden

Date: April 30, 2025
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Location: Virtutal Workshop via Zoom
Registration: Advanced registration required for the free event. Please complete the sign up form here.

Join Green Gardens Group for a free Keeping Rain in the Garden workshop hosted by Metropolitan Water District. (These webinars are NOT recorded).

This is part of a series on learning how to design a yard using the principles of watershed-wise landscaping. This webinar focuses specifically on best management practices for passive and active capturing of rainwater in the landscape:

1. Review criteria and considerations in selecting a rainwater capture method
2. Swales and Berms (calculations, setbacks, installation)
3. Cisterns
4. Integrating Hardscape

Garden Design Workshop & Garden Tour - In Person

Date: May 3, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Rancho Water District, 42135 Winchester Road, Temecula, CA 92590
Registration: Advanced registration required for the free event. Please complete the sign up form here.

Join Green Gardens Group for a free Garden Design Workshop and Garden Tour hosted by Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and Rancho California Water District.

In the Garden Design class, you will learn how to identify critical steps for successfully designing a watershed-wise landscape. Topics include:

1. Sizing and siting the rainwater capture area
2. Developing a palette of climate-appropriate plants
3. Applying key design principles
4. Laying out a successful planting plan

In the Neighborhood Garden Trolley Tour, you will lean from an expert gardener about plants, design aspects and irrigation styles.

Check out the introductory video in advance so you’ll be prepared for class:  LINK to video

Questions

Email questions to: Classes@TurfTransformation.com.  Be sure to include the date of the class in your email. Get more information about removing your lawn and creating a beautiful new landscape at www.TurfTransformation.com.