All workshops start at 9:30 am on Saturdays unless otherwise noted.
Salvia ‘Winifred Gilman’
Saturday March 19
OC Friendly Gardening Fair – 9AM – 2PM
OC Friendly gardens are drought tolerant gardens that save water, look beautiful and reduce runoff that can pollute our beautiful coast. At this special event, various organizations and companies will be at Tree of Life Nursery to educate you in current programs available to assist you in saving water. Attendees include the Municipal Water District of Orange County, OC Stormwater Management, the UC Cooperative Extension program, and the City of San Juan Capistrano. Speaker David Bainbridge will kick off the day with a talk on Gardening with Less Water at 9:30 am!
9:30 AM – David Bainbridge – Gardening with Less WaterGardening with Less Water
Join Author David Bainbridge to learn why and how to use more efficient irrigation systems in your garden, yard or containers. Ollas, clay pots, porous capsules, wicks and other systems use simple materials but can cut water use 90% with below surface irrigation – while increasing yield, plant health, and reducing weeding and maintenance time! There will be an opportunity drawing for a free copy of the David’s new book, Gardening with Less Water, at the end of the workshop. Gardening with Less Water will also be available for purchase and David will be signing copies following the talk!
Saturday March 26
9:30 AM – RYL III: Caring and Creating for Your Native Garden
Now that you have killed your grass, what are you supposed to do? Tree of Life Nursery owner, Mike Evans will share from our booklet, “Creating and Caring for your Native Garden,” that you can download here: icon Creating and Caring for your Native Garden. Bringing his over 30 years of experience with these plants, as well as just as many years of site-prep, initial irrigation techniques and working with tricky landscape situations, Mike will teach you how to create a thriving and enjoyable native garden. As he has mentioned to us for years and years: “Maintenance is what you do for your car, you CARE for plants!”