Renter’s Garden: A Portable Oasis – Monterey
About This Course
“Renter’s Garden: A Portable Oasis,” webinar hosted by California American Water and Monterey Peninsula Water Management District
Most gardening workshops assume you own the backyard AND the shovel, but what if you are renting? The good news is that you don’t need to own the soil to design a beautiful and lease-friendly landscape like a professional.
If you feel afraid to plant because you might move or be restricted by a landlord’s strict “no-dig” policy, this workshop shows you how to build a high-impact, productive garden that respects both your security deposit and your schedule and is entirely portable and non-destructive.
- Achieve maximum beauty and yield with minimum footprint
- Grow anything on concrete with “portable” planters
- Think upwards with “no-damage” trellises and mounting systems
- Tap into curb appeal with landlord-friendly aesthetics
Learning Objectives
Target Audience
- General Public
Curriculum
Video: Renter’s Garden: A Portable Oasis
Video: Renter’s Garden: A Portable Oasis00:00:00
Resources: Questions & Answers
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.
