Garden Resources
Here you will find information on how to design and install a water-wise garden, irrigation methods and equipment that will help you to water your landscape more efficiently, and suggestions on how to easily and effectively maintain your garden. If you have a particular subject in mind, go ahead and find the topic in the following table of contents and just click.
| REDUCE YOUR WATER NEEDS | KEEP YOUR WATER PURE |
|---|---|
| Use Drought Tolerant Plants | Drainage |
| California Native Plants | Eliminate Runoff and Overspray |
| Climate Zones | Slow it, Spread it, Sink it |
| Reduce or Replace Lawn | Ocean Friendly Gardens |
| Artificial Turf | Rain Gardens |
| IRRIGATE EFFICIENTLY | Swales |
| Water Needs of Plants | Keep Your Watershed Beautiful |
| Before You Design | Soil |
| Maintain the Irrigation System | Pests |
| Types of Irrigation Systems | Select Plants that Don't Need Chemicals |
| Weather Based Irrigation Controllers | ADDITIONAL GARDENING RESOURCES |
| Working with an Irrigation Contractor | Monterey Bay Master Gardeners |
| DEVELOP ALTERNATE SOURCES OF WATER | Creating a Planting Plan |
| Harvest Rain Water | Gardening for Fire Safety |
| Recycle Gray Water | Working with Landscape Professionals |
| RETAIN WATER IN THE LANDSCAPE | Water Conservation for Vegetable Gardens |
| Build Retaining Walls | |
| Mulch to Reduce Evaporation | |
| Install Permeable Hardscapes | |
| Amend Soil with Organic Materials |