| Action | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Creating a Rain Garden | SOCO- Construct a rain garden and/or permeable paving |
Sonoma Marin Saving Water landscape design templates, garden elements |
| Installing a Rain Barrel | SOCO- Blue Barrel Systems |
Santa Rosa based company offers all parts necessary as well as informational resources for installing rain barrels |
| Installing a Rain Barrel | PET- Webinar: Installing a rainwater harvesting system |
Daily Acts Webinar about installing a rainwater harvesting system saves water and benefits the environment and how you can install small-scale DIY systems to fit any space |
| Creating Sustainable Landscaping | SOCO- Use Water Smart Landscape Designs & Resources |
Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Landscape Designs, plant lists, includes greywater and rainwater plan sheets |
| Creating Sustainable Landscaping | SOCO- Sonoma Marin Saving Water Partnership |
Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Programs and Rebates |
| Creating Sustainable Landscaping | PET- Hire a Qualified Water Efficient Landscape Company |
Hire a Qwel Pro |
| Reducing Water Used for Gardening | PET- Water-Wise Plants for an Abundant Garden |
Provides information about water-wise plants |
| Reducing Water Used for Gardening | PET- Drip Irrigation 101 |
Provides information about water-saving drip irrigation |
| Mulching Grass | PET- Lawn Gone: Sheet Mulching 101 |
Webinar recording explaining the sheet mulching process for converting turf lawn and its benefits |
| Mulching Grass | PET- Mulch Madness |
The City of Petaluma's Mulch Madness Program. We are so dedicated to helping our customers save water that we are offering free mulch, compost, cardboard, and an irrigation conversion kit to qualified customers who wish to sheet mulch their existing turf. That's right, FREE! This even includes delivery of the mulch, compost, and cardboard. It's Madness! |
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