Replace Your Lawn (RYL) Workshops this June
Saturday June 6
9:30 am – RYL I – Kill the Grass
The first step in transitioning to a more sustainable garden is removing your water hungry lawn. However, killing your lawn can be more involved than you would expect (depending on the type of grass you have) and the methods to get rid of a lawn are quite varied. Avoid unnecessary labor and learn several successful methods for lawn removal, depending on your turf type, budget, and timeline. Join one of Tree of Life Nursery’s owners Jeff Bohn as he gives this practical, easy-to-follow talk about how to remove your lawn to make way for a fresh and more sustainable landscape. Check out or Kill Your Lawn resources HERE.
Saturday, June 13
9:30 am – RYL II – Design Basics for Replacing Your Lawn
Pat Overby is a lifetime educator and long time designer of California native plant gardens. Her many years of expertise coupled with her ability to educate make her one of the most easy to follow design instructors we’ve had. If you want practical information about how to get started with what can be a daunting task of changing your landscape, you will NOT want to miss this workshop. Come ready to work out some of your pressing questions with Pat as this tends to be an interactive and fun workshop.
Saturday, June 20
9:30 am – RYL III – Creating and Caring For Your Native Garden
Now that you have killed your grass, what are you supposed to do? Tree of Life Nursery owner, Mike Evans will share from our booklet, “Creating and Caring for your Native Garden.” Bringing his over 30 years of experience with these plants, as well as just as many years of site-prep, initial irrigation techniques and working with tricky landscape situations, Mike will teach you how to create a thriving and enjoyable native garden. As he has mentioned to us for years and years: “Maintenance is what you do for your car, you CARE for your plants!”