Learn how to garden with the beauties on the left at the 16th Annual
Water Efficient Landscaping Workshop Series presented by the Santa Clara Valley Water District, starting Saturday, March 1.
If you can't make these workshops, held at the Water District headquarters at 5700 Almaden Expressway in San Jose, join us at Central Park Library, July 23 for a talk and book signing by Alrie Middlebrook focusing on sustainable gardening methods to reduce water consumption. She will have her book available along with first hand information on gardening methods.
Here are some books to get you started: Designing California Native Gardens by Glenn Keator and Alrie Middlebrook, Native Treasures : Gardening with the Plants of California by M. Nevin Smith, California Native Plants for the Garden by Carol Bornstein, and others, Gardening with a Wild Heart : Restoring California's Native Landscape at Home by Judith Larner Lowry.