Join your neighbors and help Aliso Viejo shine! Volunteers should wear appropriate attire including closed-toe shoes or hiking boots, bring your own gardening or work gloves, sunscreen, and ample water. This event is free, but liability waivers must be completed by all volunteers and/or guardians.
Landscape upgrade? Yes please. This webinar will discuss building a healthy living soil sponge, holding rainwater on your property, selecting local native plants that minimize water use and maximize biodiversity, and controling your irrigation. The class is free, but advanced registration is required.
Drip irrigation is a terrific asset for your landscape and our waterways! Learn about 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. This class is free, but advanced registration is required.
This webinar will have your turf questions covered. Learn about removing turf without chemicals, replacing turf with climate-appropriate plants, maintaining turf organically, simple and resilient lawn care strategies, and managing weeds, pests, and disease. This class is free, but advanced registration is required.
Coastal and Inner Coastal Cleanup Day is a day of action! Bring your friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers to a cleanup near you to make a difference in your community while protecting our waterways. Cleanup events are free and some require advanced registration.
This two-day workshop will cover all of the essential steps to planning a successful landscape design. Learn how to draw a base plan, nurture your soil, establish design objectives, evaluate your garden's microclimates, and irrigation planning and water conservation techniques. This workshop will also discuss design principles of proportion, balance, unity, and repetition, as well as sustainable landscaping and designing...
Designing a garden the watershed-wise way can give you a beautiful landscape while protecting our waterways. This webinar will cover sizing and siting a stormwater capture area, developing a palette of climate-appropriate plants, applying key design principles, and laying out a successful planting plan. This class is free, but advanced registration is required.
Irrigation controllers can be confusing, this webinar can help. It will discuss soil moisture balance, the purpose and potential of a weather-based controller, special functions, troubleshooting typical problems, and more! This class is free and registration is required.
Turf removal tips! This webinar will discuss removing turf without the use of chemicals, replacing turf with climate-appropriate plants, and how to successfully apply for a turf replacement rebate. This class is free, but advanced registration is required.
This workshop will discuss alternative groundcover options, including keeping your lawn in place and creating a "Polyculture" green space. Webinar attendees will learn the importance of polycultures and diversity, selecting a blend of groundcovers for greater resiliency and soil health, step-by-step tips, opportunities for rainwater collection, and managing limited irrigation. This class is free, but advance registration is required.
This two-day workshop will cover all of the essential steps to planning a successful landscape design. Learn how to draw a base plan, nurture your soil, establish design objectives, evaluate your garden's microclimates, and irrigation planning and water conservation techniques. This workshop will also discuss design principles of proportion, balance, unity, and repetition, as well as sustainable landscaping and designing...
Lend a helping hand and dedicate your morning to this seasonally appropriate restoration. This restoration event will plant native shrubs, water recently planted natives, and weed restoration plots. Bring strong gardening gloves, trail snacks and water, and wear sun protection and clothes you don't mind getting dirty. This program is free and advanced registration is required.
