Solvang Sustainable Landscaping
Water Wise Gardening
- The biggest potential for water savings is outdoors.
- While a 15 minute shower uses 30 gallons, watering an average lawn for 15 minutes uses 700 gallons!
- Use water wise plants the garden and landscape areas.
- Make sure your sprinklers don’t overwater or spray onto hard surfaces.
– More information can be found here: www.sb.watersavingplants.com/sb.php
- Solvang Landscape Rebate Program
- Current List of Green Gardeners
- Sustainable Landscaping Ideas
- Garden Wise TV Show
Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden
www.santaynezvalleybotanicgarden.org
Green Gardener Program
The Green Gardener Program for Santa Barbara County educates local gardeners in resource efficient and pollution prevention landscape maintenance practices. The Green Gardener Program is a regional program designed to offer education, training, and promotion of participating gardeners and landscape maintenance contractors.
Here's an updated list (updated June 2015) of the Certified Green Gardeners in Santa Barbara County.
Green Business Program of Santa Barbara County:
We provide resources and assistance to businesses wanting to be green, certify businesses through workshops and trainings, provide on-site visits and evaluation, and highlight Certified Businesses so that local consumers can shop green. Through this program, you will learn about sustainable landscaping techniques. To learn more, click here!