Video Series
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 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 these videos at your own pace to learn how to easily nurture your landscape and protect your local creeks, streams, and rivers.
Fall Series
Beneficial Insects
Learn how to attract beneficial insects to your garden – Let nature’s arsenal manage your garden pests. For more information, check out our Beneficial Insects Resources flyer.
Beneficial Plants
Learn how to create a Pest-Free Garden with Beneficial Plants. For more information, check out our Beneficial Plants Resources flyer.
Plant Protection in Heat
Learn how to protect your plants during hot weather. For more information, check out our Plant Protection in Heat Resources flyer.
Summer Series
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sources
For additional information on eco-friendly gardening, check out the resources we used below! Full document can be accessed below.
- Be River Friendly Website
- Hire a ReScape Qualified Professional – ReScape Professional Directory
- Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
- Be Water Smart – Regional Water Authority
- California Native Plant Society – Sacramento Valley Chapter
- Sacramento Region Smart Irrigation Schedule
- Sacramento Digs Gardening
- Our Water Our World
- GreenPro (Certified Pest Management Services)
