CRLA: Select Climate Ready Plants Like a Pro – Valley Water
About This Course
CRLA: Select Climate Ready Plants Like a Pro workshop hosted by Santa Clara Valley Water District.
Choosing the plants for our landscape is not just about the color of the flowers or the butterflies it will attract. It is also about understanding how to select plants that will naturally thrive in a garden’s unique conditions. Topics include:
- Understand how plants adapt to their climates through the help of the soil microbiome
- Begin to see plants as part of a greater ecosystem, filled with diversity and delight
- Select the trees that become the cornerstone to your resilient landscape
- Appreciate the benefits (and challenges) of working with local native plants
- Start inviting native beneficial insects, birds, and other fauna through diverse plant selection
- Develop your inner “green thumb,” no previous experience required
Learning Objectives
Target Audience
- Homeowners
Curriculum
Video – CRLA: Select Climate Ready Like a Pro
Video – Select Climate Ready Plants Like a Pro00:00:00
Resources
Certificate of Completion
Your Instructors
Pamela Berstler
CEO, G3 Green Gardens Group
Our very own force of nature, Pamela Berstler is a highly experienced landscape expert who co-founded and continues to manage G3, Green Gardens Group. G3 is an award-winning EPA WaterSenseTM Partner and Professional Certifying Organization that educates and certifies property owners, policymakers, and landscape professionals throughout the U.S. and Canada in irrigation and rainwater capture using the Watershed Approach to landscaping.
Pamela spent a decade working as a landscape contractor with her own bespoke design/build firm specializing in innovations for sustainable cities. She didn’t come to landscapes and agriculture through a direct route, as she first took a detour through a career in derivative securities trading and raising private equity for technology and media companies. Pamela is deeply committed to the reinvigoration of American entrepreneurship through regenerative land management and agriculture.
Pamela is a 2019 Climate Reality Leader and is the recipient of many awards including the National APLD Sustainability Award, EPA Certifying Professional Organization of the Year, and Garden Communicators Association Green Medal in Sustainability.
Pamela incubated a love of gardening turning 40-year-old compost on her grandfather's urban farm and with her hands in the soil cultivating her mother's beloved tomato patch. And while she once loved the fast live, she now is returning to her roots, sharing her passion for growing family farm economic value and rebuilding rural comunities. Pamela is happiest in a garden and in front of an audience talking about the power of gardens to heal the planet.
