In Our Garden Era

Ever heard of a rain garden? It’s a little different from your typical garden. A rain garden is a shallow vegetated landscape that is structured into a depression to collect rain and excess irrigation. Rain gardens come in all shapes and sizes. For instance, they can be the dips you see on the edge of [...]

By |2025-10-01T11:38:36-07:00September 17th, 2025|Blog, Garden, HHW|Comments Off on In Our Garden Era

Gardening for a Greater Good

Before you know it, spring will be here! Start designing and planning your waterwise garden today so it’ll be ready for spring and the next rainfall. Gardens can be a gateway to stormwater pollution prevention! What you put in your garden can determine what you get out of it and what our waterways receive from [...]

By |2025-04-10T14:53:58-07:00February 4th, 2025|Blog, Garden, HHW|Comments Off on Gardening for a Greater Good

Community Composting Stories

Hello Friends! It was wonderful seeing many of you at our Live Composting Webinar in March! Kelsea Jacobson from the Solana Center taught us how to compost in our own backyards. Composting is an ecofriendly way of turning yard trimmings and food scraps into rich soil and saving them from the landfill where they would [...]

By |2026-05-06T16:46:28-07:00May 17th, 2021|Blog, Community, Community Champions, Garden, HHW|Comments Off on Community Composting Stories

More Than a Gardener: Meet Our April Champion Prime Hendrix

Dear Neighbor, In every community, there are inspirational figures that bring everyone together for a greater purpose. Those community champions continue to work hard to maintain our county's sustainability and local pride to improve their neighbors' quality of life. Meet Prime Hendrix, an environmental community champion in San Bernardino County, CA. The SBC resident is [...]

By |2022-08-05T07:27:41-07:00April 7th, 2021|Blog, Community, Community Champions, Garden|Comments Off on More Than a Gardener: Meet Our April Champion Prime Hendrix

Starting your Carrot Garden the Right Way

Growing your own food can be a deeply satisfying experience. Veggie gardening—and particularly carrot harvesting—requires very little care but can bring a lot of delight to a stew, salad, or main course. The fact that everything happens out of sight also adds a bit of mystery and intrigue to the process. You don’t really know [...]

By |2022-08-05T07:20:54-07:00November 23rd, 2020|Blog, Garden|2 Comments
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