Summer 2023 Video Series for Home Gardeners

With the help of partners like ReScape, we can help Sacramento County residents build an eco-friendly garden!

The Sacramento Stormwater Quality Program is offering three great “How to Videos” for home gardeners addressing pest prevention in the garden, rainwater harvesting, and sheet mulching for healthy soil. These free workshops will teach you the basics of transforming your yard into a beautiful, vibrant, and eco-friendly garden. We share real examples, pitfalls to avoid, design, installation and maintenance tips, and many benefits an eco-friendly garden provides. Watch all three videos at your own pace to learn how to easily nurture your landscape and protect your local creeks, streams, and rivers.

Prevent Garden Pests with Landscape Maintenance - Part 1

Understand how and when to prune and care for the plants in your garden. Learn how to protect water quality and wildlife by reducing the use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers. This series is broken into three parts.

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Prevent Garden Pests with Landscape Maintenance - Part 2

This a continuation of the Prevent Garden Pests with Landscape Maintenance video series. Understand how and when to prune and care for the plants in your garden. Learn how to protect water quality and wildlife by reducing the use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers.

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Prevent Garden Pests with Landscape Maintenance - Part 3

The final part of the Prevent Garden Pests with Landscape Maintenance video series. Understand how and when to prune and care for the plants in your garden. Learn how to protect water quality and wildlife by reducing the use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers.

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Easy Rainwater Harvesting

Learn practical strategies in the ancient practice of rainwater harvesting. Collect and store rain for reuse rather than letting the water runoff into the storm drain. Learn how to conserve water to maximize its infiltration into your garden. Not only will these simple approaches help build your soil and support plant health, but they will also help reduce pollutant concentrations and stormwater volume in our waterways.

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Sheet Mulching for Beginners

Learn how to easily build soil health, eliminate unused lawn and unwanted weeds, conserve water, and reduce waste through sheet mulching. There are many advantages to this easy and uncomplicated method of composting, including that you can do it on a large or small scale. It’s also a simple way to expand a garden with a minimum of equipment, material, and time.

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Sources

For additional information on eco-friendly gardening, check out the resources we used below! Full document can be accessed below.

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