Replace Your Lawn!
Get rid of that expensive water-guzzling, care-intensive lawn, to make way for a gorgeous native landscape! We are presenting our Replace Your Lawn (RYL) workshop series in a four part installment about the basics of converting your lawn into a beautiful, carefree, sustainable habitat.
These workshops will be held SATURDAYS at 9:30, beginning November 9, 2013.
Nov 9 – RYL I: Kill the Grass
Nov 16 – RYL II: Design Elements – DIY Design Tips and Tricks
Nov 23 – RYL III: Creating and Caring for Your Native Garden
Nov 30 – RYL IV: Tour of Nursery Gardens and Mature Plantings
These workshops are FREE of charge and each session lasts about 40 minutes to an hour, (depending on questions!). Hopefully you will be able to attend each of the sessions at least once. No reservations are required. More details after the jump.
Saturday, Nov 9, 2013 – 9:30 AM
Replace Your Lawn I: Killing the Grass
Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here today to acknowledge the loss of our lawns. 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 you turf type, budget, and timeline.
Please see this helpful handout: 
Replace Your Lawn: Kill the grass!
Saturday, November 16, 2013 – 9:30 AM
Replace Your Lawn II: Design Elements – DIY Your Own Garden Design
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.
Replace Your Lawn III: Creating and Caring For Your Native Garden
Now that you have killed your grass, what are supposed to do? Mike Evans will share from our booklet, “Creating and Caring for your Native Garden”, that you can download here: Creating and Caring for your Native Garden. Learn how to create a thriving native garden. For a really great plant list to get you started download the handout: Thirty Basic California Native Plants.
Saturday, November 30, 2013 – 9:30 AM
Replace Your Lawn IV: Tour of Nursery and Gardens
Do you have friends and family in town for Thanksgiving? Want to get ideas for your native garden? Two birds, one stone — come to the nursery and see one of OC’s greatest treasures while researching native plant choices for your water-saving garden. Come check out our nursery gardens to see full grown native landscapes and bring the binoculars and friends to watch birds and butterflies galore. We have tons of flowers right now, so bring the camera too. Come get inspired for your native garden and enjoy a beautiful and informative tour! Join us!
DIY Lawn Removal and – Go native!