Installation and Establishment of California Native or Waterwise Gardens

Learn how to properly install your new landscape and get your garden off to a healthy start! Choosing great plants and a great design are important, but that is only part of what you need to succeed with a landscape project. Equally important is preparing your site, installing everything properly, and caring for your plants correctly during the critical “establishment” period. Join us for this workshop and learn how to set yourself up for success! In this workshop we will cover: This workshop will be held partially outdoors, so please check the weather and dress appropriately. Please bring water, a hat, sunblock, etc. as appropriate for the weather. Each participant will be able to select a native wildflower seed packet of their choice to take home. After the workshop concludes, for those who wish to stay, we will be offering a raffle give-away of some of our favorite waterwise California native plants. We will also tell you a bit about each one, why it is one of our favorites, and the garden situations in which it is likely thrive. All day we will have a variety of our favorite native or waterwise plants for sale at our Waterwise Community Nursery, perfect for fall planting. Our instructor for this workshop will be Scott Kleinrock, Conservation Programs Manager here at Chino Basin Water Conservation District and the Waterwise Community Center. Scott has been working in horticulture for almost 20 years, focused on both the design and ongoing care of sustainable native or edible landscapes in Southern California at the residential and public garden scales. He has a master’s degree in landscape architecture for Cal Poly Pomona and was previously the Landscape Design and Planning Coordinator at the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens.