All Santa Clara Valley Water Courses
Free
Beginner
Love It or Lose It: Rethinking Your Lawn – Valley Water
Love It or Lose It: Rethinking Your Lawn workshop hosted …
Free
Love It or Lose It: Rethinking Your Lawn – Valley Water
What you'll learn
In this class, learn how to remove your lawn and make the right moves for creating a gorgeous, watershed wise landscape including:
1. Removing turf without the use of chemicals
2. Replacing it with climate-appropriate plantings
3. Keeping it in place but maintaining it in an organic manner
4. Simple lawn care strategies to improve resilience
5. Managing the big three: weeds, pests, and disease
Free
Beginner
Find and Fix Outdoor Leaks – Valley Water
Find and Fix Outdoor Leaks workshop hosted by Santa Clara …
Free
Find and Fix Outdoor Leaks – Valley Water
What you'll learn
How to detect IF you have a leak
Tracking down the source of the leak
Preventive measures to avoid potential leaks
Whether to do DIY or when to bring in a professional
Free
Intermediate
Resilent Landscapes: Defensible Space Meets Urban Cooling
Sponsored by Valley Water, full video from the February 26, …
Free
Resilent Landscapes: Defensible Space Meets Urban Cooling
What you'll learn
Challenges associated with managing defensible space in your landscape
Techniques for urban cooling
Free
Intermediate
The New Commercial Landscape
Sponsored by Valley Water, “The New Commercial Landscape” is a …
Free
The New Commercial Landscape
What you'll learn
Challenges associated with irrigating and managing typical non-functional turf areas in CII landscapes
Importance of polycultures and plant family diversity to overall community health
Selecting plants for greater resiliency and soil health
Step-by-step process to accomplishing a naturalistic planting design
Maximizing rainwater capture
Strategically investing in turf replacement projects
