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APLD Free Greywater Tour 9/15
Join APLD for a free greywater event NORTH BAY DISTRICT INVITES YOU TO AN INFORMATIVE AND EDUCATIONAL FREE EVENT: GREYWATER PART II, SINGLE FIXTURE SYSTEMS WHAT: A Tour and Presentation at a private residence in Petaluma WHEN: Thursday, September 15 … Continue reading
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Products to Handle Storm Water
With storm water regulations getting more and more strict, keeping drainage and storm water on-site has become more and more important. Rick Taylor from Elder Creek Landscapes gave a great presentation at the last dinner meeting about techniques to maximize … Continue reading
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2011 Bay Friendly Training
Don’t miss the next Bay-Friendly Landscape Maintenance Training & Qualification Program coming to Marin in February. 7 classes: February 2 – March 16, 2011 Offered for Public and private sector landscape professionals who design, construct or manage. Classes will meet … Continue reading
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Tour: Greywater with Gusto
Daily Acts has a greywater tour this upcoming Sunday. See below, you can Download the Flyer Here. Tour: Greywater with Gusto Sunday, August 29th, 10am-2pm, Free for Cotati Residents $25 non-residents Please register by visiting www.dailyacts.org or calling 707.789.9664 In … Continue reading
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Petaluma Arroyo Community Garden
CLCA North Coast Chapter members and volunteers coordinated by Sustainability/Resource Chair Susie Dowd Markarian, lent a hand to help with the Petaluma Bounty sponsored Arroyo Community Garden in Petaluma this past Earth Day. Here is a time lapse image of … Continue reading
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Bay Friendly Landscaping Resource List
The Bay Friendly Landscape Program in Marin is sponsored by MMWD, Marin County Stormwater Pollution Prevention (MCSTOPP), and StopWaste.org. Those who have been through the program already know about the great diversity of both speakers and resources that are presented … Continue reading
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Ewing Irrigation: Fix a Leak Week
Ewing is promoting irrigation awareness, highlighting the EPA WaterSense Fix a Leak Week. See excerpt below or click here for an online version of their email announcement. Fix a Leak Week is March 15 – 21, 2010 Did you know … Continue reading
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Sustainable IPM & Gardening with Nature Class
The Bay-Friendly Coalition, StopWaste.org, and Cagwin and Dorward are sponsoring a sustainable IPM class. When: April 1, 2010, 8:00am – 12:00pm Where: 1537 Webster Street, Oakland, CA 94612 Who: Learn from notable speakers such as, Ron Whitehurst, Dr. Carol Rollins, … Continue reading
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City of Santa Rosa Water Harvesting for the Landscape Workshop
The City of Santa Rosa is hosting a workshop on April 6th titled: “Water Harvesting for the Landscape, Supply, Reuse and Conservation”. The target audience includes all landscape industry professionals, designers, architects, property managers and business owners. The event will … Continue reading
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River Friendly Landscaping Program
The River Friendly Landscape Program is modeled on the Bay Friendly Landscape Program, but is targeted for the Sacramento River Watershed. For those interested in the upcoming or future training, download the River Friendly Landscape Brochure and Registration. The Regional … Continue reading
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Bay Friendly- Apologizing to the Bay!
After attending a recent Marin County Bay Friendly Landscaper training session, I was so thoroughly impressed with the curriculum of the Bay Friendly Program and the quality of the speakers for the training session. The Bay Friendly Landscape guidelines form … Continue reading
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The Roofs Are Alive
There was another green roof article in this months NorthBay Biz, Up on the Roof, profiling the rooftop installation at the Academy of Sciences in San Francisco and a couple of projects in the North Bay. After our earlier profile … Continue reading
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Green Roof Article
There was a great article in this month’s Watershapes Magazine on roof gardens. It’s a good primer and background on green roof types and the additional insulation and HVAC benefits green roofs provide. (Catch it before the end of this … Continue reading
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NDS Flo Well- Easy Storm Water Infiltration
In response to growing restrictions by municipalities on storm water discharge NDS launched their Flo Well System in 2007. The modular system allows for easy installation of subsurface drainage infiltration. NDS also has calculators online to help determine the size … Continue reading
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CLCA Tips for Dealing with Drought
Just because fall is here and there has been more rain as of late does not change the realities of the current drought. The State CLCA Page has a good overview of steps that landscapers and consumers can take to … Continue reading
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A More Sustainable Thanksgiving
For more and more landscape projects a key consideration is the hot topic of sustainable best practices, environmental impact, and how best to green projects. This drive to green everything from carpets to cars isn’t unique to the landscape industry, … Continue reading
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Sonoma State Sustainable Landscape Workshops
There are a couple good sustainable landscape workshop coming up from Sonoma State University that are worth a look. From the SSU flyer: Sonoma State University’s Sustainable Landscape Program Presents Kate Frey, Plants and Plant Communities November 14 Join Kate … Continue reading
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Saving the Bay
We had a very enjoyable dinner meeting last night at San Rafael Joe’s and speaker Trathen Heckman of Daily Acts was great in his presentation of the state of greywater legislation, and exploring ways to filter and store rainwater, stormwater … Continue reading
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New CA state water-use rules will change landscape design
The rules, spelled out by the CA Department of Water Resources, are being adopted throughout the state and “will assist local agencies in meeting their goals of stretching water supplies, reducing runoff and reducing the amount of green waste generated … Continue reading
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Hunter Solar Sync- A Simple Smart Controller
Hunter’s Solar Sync sensor and control module is a simple way to add ET weather adaptive features to existing Hunter ICC and Pro-C contollers. It includes a rain sensor, freeze sensor, temperature and sunlight sensors. It’s easy to install and … Continue reading
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