This page provides links to resources to help you Go Green in your home gardens, yards, and streets, as well as creating your own drought-tolerant landscaping and lawns. For the turf rebate program visit bewaterwise.com.

• California-friendly lawn & garden videos, guides, nurseries, and other helpful information
• Converting your landscaping and lawns to become more drought- and environmentally friendly. Low water grass varieties are an option.
• See the plants the City is using for public spaces
• WaterWise Gardening in Ventura County - City sponsored website to help you design your landscape
• Artificial turf
• Pervious Surfaces
• Watering and irrigation
• Biochar - a soil amendment that saves up to 50% of the water used.
• Gardening resources, including composting workshop information
• Rain Garden
• Composting and Compost Bin Order Form
• Naturally controlling pests inside and outside your home (Integrated Pest Management)
• Rodent control

For additional information on water-saving gardens, including irrigation and watering, go to our water saving tips page.

Ventura County Master Gardeners

Each year the Ventura County Master Gardeners offer a series of free gardening workshops to the Goebel Center in Thousand Oaks (1385 East Janss Road). Workshops cover a wide variety of topics and incorporate environmentally friendly gardening practices. Generally, workshops are held on Saturday mornings. Attendance is FREE; however, advance registration is required.

For more information about the Ventura County Master Gardeners, visit the Master Gardener website at www.ucanr.org/sites/VCMG.

Want to be notified about upcoming seminars, workshops, and gardening news? Click here to sign up for the Ventura County Master Gardener E-Newsletter

Got Gardening Questions?  Call the Master Gardener Home Gardening Helpline!  Call Tuesday or Thursday, 1-4 pm to reach the Helpline at the University of California Cooperative Extension office in Ventura
(805) 645-1455 or email mgventura@ucdavis.edu

Public Water Conservation Gardens

Click on the image below to see public water conservation gardens in Thousand Oaks.