Design a Resilient California Garden _ California American Water

Last Update February 23, 2026
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About This Course

“Design a Resilient California Garden ” webinar hosted by California American Water.

What are watershed-wise alternatives to a monoculture of ornamental green grass? This workshop discusses alternative groundcover options for replacing ornamental lawn areas, including keeping the existing lawn in place and creating a “Polyculture” green space. Attendees will learn:

  1. The importance of polycultures and diversity
  2. How to select a blend of groundcovers for greater resiliency and soil health
  3. Step-by-step process to accomplishing the transition
  4. Opportunities for rainwater capture
  5. Managing limited irrigation

Learning Objectives

What are watershed-wise alternatives to a monoculture of ornamental green grass? This workshop discusses alternative groundcover options for replacing ornamental lawn areas, including keeping the existing lawn in place and creating a “Polyculture” green space. Attendees will learn:
1. The importance of polycultures and diversity
2. How to select a blend of groundcovers for greater resiliency and soil health
3. Step-by-step process to accomplishing the transition
4. Opportunities for rainwater capture
5. Managing limited irrigation

Material Includes

  • Video
  • Resources and Links
  • Certificate of Completion

Target Audience

  • General Public

Curriculum

4 Lessons1h

Design a Resilient California Garden

Introductory class on watershed-wise alternatives to a monoculture of ornamental green grass
Video – Introduction and Resources1:26
Video – Design A Resilient California Garden1:22:25
Additional Resources – Q&A
Certificate of Completion

Your Instructors

Pamela Berstler

CEO, G3 Green Gardens Group

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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.

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CalAm Resilient
Free
Level
Beginner
Duration 1 hour
Modules
4 lectures

Material Includes

  • Video
  • Resources and Links
  • Certificate of Completion
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