Garden Sense

Reduced Water Use Can Go Hand-in-Hand with Beautiful Landscaping

Click Here to request a Garden Sense consultation, or call 707 565 3026.

is a free program offered by the UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County.

Our friendly Garden Sense consultants have advanced training in water management, irrigation systems, site assessment, low-water use plants, and sustainable garden practices. We can show you how to easily conserve water (and save money) by creating a climate-appropriate garden that is healthy, environmentally sound, and most of all – beautiful!

While visiting your garden, our Garden Sense Consultants will provide:

How-to information about lawn conversion and converting sprinklers to drip irrigation
Plant suggestions based on your site conditions
A sketch of a planting layout
An assessment of your existing irrigation system

Garden Sense Publications

Websites:

Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership: http://savingwaterpartnership.org
Find a Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper (QWEL): https://www.qwel.net/
For Water Smart, Weekly watering schedules: http://www.srcity.org/watersmartyard
Use of Graywater in Urban Landscapes in California (ANR Publication 8536): http://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/pdf/8536.pdf

Do Your Part – Be Water Smart!

Garden Sense is a cooperative program between the
UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County and Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership

Did you know . . . .

that a low water-use garden in Sonoma County uses, on average, a third of the water that a lawn requires?

A 1,000 square foot water-wise garden uses only 5,000 to 10,000 gallons of water per year, while a same-size lawn uses more than 22,000 gallons per year.

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