Fall Waterwise and California Native Garden Care

Keep your garden healthy and looking great by learning what to do and when! Join us in the Waterwise Community Center’s beautiful public garden for a discussion and demonstration of the most important seasonal activities to care for your waterwise or California native garden. The care your plantings require is not complicated but relies on knowing what to do and when! We will cover: · Fall season pruning and shaping of plants (for the ones that are tended to in fall) · Watering / Irrigation for waterwise and native plants in the fall: how much and how often · Special tips for “establishment” care in the first year of a newly planted plant or garden. · Plenty of time to answer your Fall garden care questions! This workshop will be held primarily outdoors, so please check the weather and dress appropriately. Please bring water, a hat, sunblock, etc. as appropriate for the weather. Each participant will be able to select a native wildflower seed packet of their choice to take home. After the workshop concludes, for those who wish to stay, we will be offering a raffle give-away of some of our favorite waterwise California native plants. We will also tell you a bit about each one, why it is one of our favorites, and the garden situations in which it is likely thrive. All day we will have a variety of our favorite native or waterwise plants for sale at our Waterwise Community Nursery, perfect for fall planting. Our instructor for this workshop will be George Jimenez, Horticulture Lead and Conservation Specialist here at Chino Basin Water Conservation District and the Waterwise Community Center. George has been active in diverse roles in the horticulture industry for 20 years, leading everything from high-end golf course landscape management to native landscape construction and specialized care of California native and waterwise gardens. He holds multiple industry certificates through Mt. San Antonio College and also leads the hands-on garden volunteer program at CBWCD.