Spring Waterwise Garden Care and Maintenance - In Person

4594 San Bernardino Street,Montclair CA 91763

09 April, 2022

Description

Learn the most important spring activities to care for you waterwise or California native garden and keep it looking its best! Join us in the Waterwise Community Center’s beautiful public garden for a discussion and demonstration of the most important spring seasonal activities to care for your waterwise or California native garden. Keeping your garden healthy and looking great is not complicated, but relies on knowing what to do and when! We will cover: ⁃ Spring season pruning and shaping of plants (for the ones that are tended to in spring) ⁃ Seasonal mulch and compost application: what to do and what to avoid ⁃ Common spring season weeds and tips and tricks for dealing with them ⁃ Watering / Irrigation for waterwise and native plants: how much and how often ⁃ Special tips for “establishment” care in the first year of a newly planted plant or garden. ⁃ Mid-spring planting: which waterwise plants are still happy to be planted in April and which might be better to wait to plant until fall. ⁃ Proper planting for waterwise and California native plants with a planting demonstration ⁃ Plenty of time to answer your spring garden care questions! The Waterwise Community Center is a program of the Chino Basin Water Conservation District, a special district with the purpose of conserving water locally. Local dairy farmers created CBWCD in 1949 to protect and replenish our local aquifer, the Chino Groundwater Basin. When it rains, CBWCD’s network of channels and percolation basins soak up the rain to refill the aquifer for use when it is dry. The Waterwise Community Center provides classes, workshops, landscape design consultations, and other resources to help area residents use water wisely. Learn how you can take advantage of our free services here. The District serves the communities of Chino, Chino Hills, Ontario, Montclair, Upland, Rancho Cucamonga, and Fontana. A seven-member Board of Directors governs CBWCD and meets on the second Monday of the month at 2pm. Attend our meetings and learn more about the Board here.