Use your powers of observation and trusted internet resources to solve garden problems, identify plants and deal with pests. Learn the steps Master Gardeners take when answering questions on their hotline. Registration required.

Learn how to remove your lawn and make the right moves for creating a gorgeous, watershed wise landscape including: removing turf without the use of chemicals, replacing it with climate-appropriate plantings, keeping it in place but maintaining it in an organic manner. Registration is required.

Learn how to design a yard using the principles watershed-wise landscaping, including understanding soil moisture balance, key components of a properly installed drip system, typical problems with drip and how to avoid them, and developing a successful maintenance practice. Registration is required.

UC Master Gardeners of Orange County will show you how to do year-round gardening, month by month for a year of good food! Learn about when to plant which veggie, keeping fruit trees productive, pruning, mulching, starting seeds, soil, managing pests, fertilizing, irrigation, pollinators, harvesting, composting, plant rotation, and tips for success.

Coastkeeper's Cleanup OC team meets in San Clemente every month for a community beach clean up. They encourage the “BYOB” (bring your own bucket or reusable bag, gloves, and reusable water bottle) philosophy to help reduce any additional waste. Gloves and bags are provided at an additional $1 donation. Registration required.

Save our Beach invites you to participate in a beach cleanup at Seal Beach. They provide bags and disinfected pickers. Participants must provide gloves and masks. Pre-registration is required.

UC Master Gardeners of Orange County will show you how to do year-round gardening, month by month for a year of good food! Learn about when to plant which veggie, keeping fruit trees productive, pruning, mulching, starting seeds, soil, managing pests, fertilizing, irrigation, pollinators, harvesting, composting, plant rotation, and tips for success.

Learn how to identify critical steps for successfully designing a watershed wise landscape including: sizing and siting the rainwater capture area, developing a palette of climate-appropriate plants, applying key design principles, and laying out a successful planting plan. This advanced workshop is geared for folks who have already taken the California Friendly and/or the Turf Removal workshops. Registration is required.

OC County children are invited to participate in the March 2022 Water Awareness Poster Contest sponsored by the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC). All OC students in grades Kindergarten through 12 are invited to participate. The Contest’s goal is to get students thinking about our most precious natural resource – water – and how clean, fresh drinking water...

Learn the purpose, potential & programming of irrigation controllers, including understanding irrigation’s role in maintaining a soil moisture balance, outlining the purpose and potential of a weather-based controller, reviewing basic terminology and programming principles, identifying special functions, and troubleshooting typical problems. Registration is required.

Learn best management practices for passive and active capturing of rainwater in the landscape, including review criteria and considerations in selecting a rainwater capture method such as swales and berms, cisterns, and integrating hardscapes. Registration is required.