Smart gardening is an easy way to get a great looking yard while helping to keep the County a nice place to live.

Home-made compost is a valuable resource for nourishing your yard. When you practice smart gardening, you conserve water, improve your home landscape, recycle organic waste, and help the environment. These simple practices do not take much time, and help to foster a healthy lawn and garden. To learn about composting and other smart gardening techniques, attend our free classes.

Upcoming Events

A person's hand is seen adding carrot skins to a layered pile of organic waste for composting.

Webinar: Introduction to Composting

May 19 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

A woman with gardening gloves and spade tends to a shrub in her garden.

Webinar: Water-Wise Gardening

May 21 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

A woman in overalls empties a countertop food scrap container into a composting bin.

Webinar: Introduction to Composting

May 22 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

A woman in overalls empties a countertop food scrap container into a composting bin.

Webinar: Introduction to Composting

May 28 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

A person's hand is seen adding carrot skins to a layered pile of organic waste for composting.

Webinar: Introduction to Composting

May 29 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Instruction Videos

Intro to Composting

Small Space Gardening

Organic Gardening

Water-Wise Gardening

Smart Gardening Techniques

Elderly woman tending to drought tolerant garden.