About this Event
Harvesting the Rain! Participants will learn how to design and install a rain garden to capture rain and storm water while creating a thriving, water-efficient, landscape celebrating native plants. We are going to plant the rain! This hands-on workshop will include the installation of a rain garden at EVERGREEN founder, Siân Greenwood's, family home. This will be the first in a series of workshops, Living the Santa Margarita Watershed.
Julie Regalado - longtime educator facilitating experiences for humans to conscientiously attend to their relationship with the planet, Water Harvesting Design certificate
Cindy Robbins - of Robbins Nest Landscape Design prioritizing native plants and green infrastructure in her work to build verdant pollinator gardens
Scott Hanson - environmental educator whose love for Steelhead took him on a lifelong adventure with the Sta. Margarita watershed.
Walker Wilson - of Walkers Wildlands Nursery and Landscape celebrating the diversity of our eco-system through growing, using, and teaching about native plants
Cost: Suggested donation, $25 (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Limited to 15 participants
Participants - please bring gloves, hat, wear sturdy closed-toe shoes, and dress for the weather. Something to write with and on will be useful for taking notes. Tools are welcome if you have them.
Add-on Habitat Kits from Walker's Wildlands; please pre-order with ticket.
Monarch Habitat Kit - two 1-gallon Narrow Leaf Milkweed, one 1-gallon Lemonade Berry or Seep Willow in Tree-pot, one San Diego Sunflower $43.50
Easy Beginner Habitat Kit - San Diego Sunflower, Showy Penstemon, Lemonade Berry, one Sage or Jojoba $43.50
Big Beginner Habitat Kit - one 5-gallon Narrow Leaf Milkweed, one 5-gallon Lemonade Berry, choice of three 1-gallon Coastal Sage Scrub species $108.75
An EVERGREEN event in collaboration with the Temecula Valley Native Plant Network.
Event venue & nearby stays
38655 Via Azul, 38655 Via Azul, Murrieta, United States
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