Design Your Sustainable Garden

Build a sustainable garden with native California plants and learn best practices for water use efficiency with informative workshops presented by Metropolitan Water District. The workshops area available in person and online to help customers make landscape changes that provide savings and identify water overuse. Water conservation efforts have changed with the seasonal rain, but efficient water use is always the path to prepare for future periods of limited water supply. Explore below for free programs available to Rainbow Water customers.

Gardening in Shade and Other Landscape Challenges

Date: July 17, 2025
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Virtutal Workshop via Zoom
Registration: Advanced registration required for the free event. Please complete the sign up form here.

Join Green Gardens Group and California American Water for a free virtual workshop.

One of the more challenging landscape situations is designing for a dry shade garden, especially if you want color. Learn about this and other challenging landscape situations.

1. Creating your own cool retreat, shade opportunities
2. Bringing in color and interest, with or without blooms
3. What to know when working under/near trees
4. Landscaping on hillsides
5. Limited space
6. Irrigation considerations

On the day of the event, you can click HERE to join.  Zoom may ask you to re-enter your name and email.

Firescaping: Reduce the Vulnerability

Date: July 24, 2025
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Virtutal Workshop via Zoom
Registration: Advanced registration required for the free event. Please complete the sign up form here.

Join Green Gardens Group for a free Firescaping class hosted by Valley Water

In a time of drought and high heat, learn some of the ways you can make your home less vulnerable to fires:

1. Determine key points of vulnerability
2. Understand the role of soil moisture balance
3. Review landscape maintenance practices for protection
4. Plan a fire-resistant landscape

On the day of the event, you can click HERE to join.  Zoom may ask you to re-enter your name and email.

Protecting the Trees

Date: August 5, 2025
Time: 6:00 - 7:15 p.m.
Location: Virtutal Workshop via Zoom
Registration: Advanced registration required for the free event. Please complete the sign up form here.

Join Green Gardens Group for a free “Protecting the Trees” webinar hosted by California American Water. District. 

It is no secret that trees are vital to the health of the planet, and even more so during this time of unprecedented drought. Learn the steps you can take to protect their health:

1. Understand how trees collaborate in the landscape
2. Develop an irrigation strategy for efficiently watering trees
3. Separate irrigation systems for trees planted in grass areas
4. Develop a successful maintenance practice to ensure survival

At the time of the event, click HERE to join.  Zoom may ask you to re-enter your name and email.

Bugs? Ugh! Manage Weeds and Pests in Your Garden

Date: August 12, 2025
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Location: Virtutal Workshop via Zoom
Registration: Advanced registration required for the free event. Please complete the sign up form here.

Join Green Gardens Group for a free Bugs? Ugh! Manage Weeds and Pests in Your Garden workshop hosted by California American Water, Monterey Peninsula Water Management District, and the Water Awareness Committee.

1. Learn how to manage your unwelcome visitors organically.
2. Discover principles of integrated pest management (IPM)
3. Develop strategies to prevent pest problems, highlighting mosquitoes
4. Manage weeds and regrowth without chemicals
5. Review non-toxic solutions for pest control

On the day of the event, you can click HERE to join.  Zoom may ask you to re-enter your name and email.

Outdoor Leak Detection

Date: August 13, 2025
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Location: Virtutal Workshop via Zoom
Registration: Advanced registration required with $15 class fee. Please complete the sign up form here.

Join Green Gardens Group for a Outdoor Leak Detection workshop hosted by Watershed Wise Training. It’s a great opportunity to get your questions answered in real time.

Can’t make it live? This webinar will be recorded. Register now for $15.00 and Green Gardens Group will email the webinar link later.

Outdoor Leak Detection:  According to U.S. EPA, household leaks can waste nearly 900 billion gallons of water annually nationwide (the annual household water use of nearly 11 million homes). Much of this waste is outdoors costing you money.  Let’s fix it!

• How to detect IF you have a leak
• Tracking down the source of the leak
• Preventive measures to avoid potential leaks
• DIY or bring in a professional?

Beautiful Gardens on Minimal Water

Date: August 21, 2025
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Location: Virtutal Workshop via Zoom
Registration: Advanced registration required for the free event. Please complete the sign up form here.

Join Green Gardens Group for a free “Beautiful Gardens on Minimal Water,” hosted by California American Water. Whether it’s times of severe drought or significant downpours, you can have a beautiful resilient garden using the principles of watershed-wise landscaping. Join us and learn about:

1. Supporting gardens through key management practices
2. Converting lawns to organically maintained polycultures
3. Managing limited irrigation as efficiently as possible
4. Protecting your trees when the water gets dialed back

At the time of the event, click HERE to join.  Zoom may ask you to re-enter your name and email.

Efficient Supplemental Irrigation

Date: August 28, 2025
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Virtutal Workshop via Zoom
Registration: Advanced registration required for the free event. Please complete the sign up form here.

Join Green Gardens Group for a free Efficient Supplemental Irrigation class hosted by Valley Water.

This is part of a series on learning how to design a yard using the principles of watershed-wise landscaping. We’ll be focusing on the following :

1. Overview of an Irrigation System
2. Programming a Controller
3. Why Drip Over Spray
4. Easy Ways to Conserve Water

This webinar will be interpreted into Spanish, Mandarin, and Vietnamese

Start Times

All webinars begin at 6:00 pm.  The zoom meetings will open a few minutes early to ensure you have plenty of time to settle into your technology. Note: Webinars are live and not recorded.

Questions

Email questions to: Classes@TurfTransformation.com.  Be sure to include the date of the class in your email. Get more information about removing your lawn and creating a beautiful new landscape at www.TurfTransformation.com.