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Review: Water-Efficient Landscaping Workshop Series(Misc)

Posted: Mar 20 2006, 02:01 PM
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ArsNova
Domestic Goddess / House Elf in Campbell, CA
Reviewed: Water-Efficient Landscaping Workshop SeriesManufacturer: Santa Clara Valley Water District ·

Description: Santa Clara Valley Water District offers free workshops for gardeners who want to learn how to make their home gardens more water-wise.

Review Title: Great gardening workshops! · Overall Score: 10

My Opinion: This past weekend, a friend and I attended a free 3-hour workshop on gardening with native Californian plants. Sponsored by the Santa Clara Valley Water District and held at their headquarters in San Jose, I expected this to be a rather hum-drum affair (you get what you pay for, right?). Well, was I ever wrong! The workshop, led by landscape architect Stephanie Morris, was engaging, entertaining, and very informative. My friend and I are both interested in gardening with native plants, but this workshop got us so excited we decided to plant a native garden within the year! Already, I'm searching the web for more information, and getting ready to buy a couple of books to increase my knowledge.

Stephanie Morris was intelligent, fun, and a great speaker. What's more, she got us excited about what she does. Her accompanying Power Point presentation was helpful and nicely done.

And Santa Clara Valley Water District puts its money where its mouth is. They had lots of great free brochures available with more information on water-wise gardening, they offered everyone at the morning workshop coffee, juice, bagels, and doughnuts, and each of us walked away with a new watering hose spray device as well as a handy SCV Water District canvas sack. The conference room was also comfortable, if a little chilly.

I would recommend checking out future gardening workshops run by this organization!

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