1. Advice to Grow by….Ask Us!
University of California
Pamela Geisel
Statewide Coordinator
Master Gardener Program

3. Strategic Initiatives for 2025
Initiative to improve water quality, quantity and security
Initiative to enhance competitive and sustainable food systems
Increase science literacy in agriculture, natural resources and nutrition
Initiative for sustainable natural ecosystems
Initiative for healthy families and communities
Initiative ensure safe and secure food supplies
Initiative for managing endemic and invasive pests and diseases
Initiative to improve energy security and technologies through innovative science, engineering, agricultural, biological and environmental science.

4. The Strategic Initiatives from ANR Into 2025
Initiative to improve water quality, quantity and security
Water conservation outreach
Drought tolerant plants
Better irrigation systems
Protection of water quality by reducing runoff into waterways through appropriate irrigation
Reduced pesticide and fertilizer use
Utilization of degraded water in landscape

5. The Strategic Initiatives from ANR Into 2025
Initiative to enhance competitive and sustainable food systems
Educating clientele about new food crops
Promoting local food production including your backyard
Provide information on sustainable vegetable and fruit gardening
Disseminate knowledge about foods that promote healthy diets and that gardening promotes exercise

6. The Strategic Initiatives from ANR Into 2025
Increase science literacy in agriculture, natural resources and nutrition
Deliver educational programs at the community level
Strengthen science and math skills of our clientele
Develop effective educational curricula for use in UC ANR programs

7. The Strategic Initiatives from ANR Into 2025
Initiative for sustainable natural ecosystems
Deliver educational programs at the community level on Fire Resilient Landscape

8. The Strategic Initiatives from ANR Into 2025
Initiative for healthy families and communities
Equip consumers with the tools to make informed decisions regarding food choices, nutrition, food safety, health, agriculture and environmental issues.

9. The Strategic Initiatives from ANR Into 2025
Initiative ensure safe and secure food supplies
Feed your neighborhood
Teach clientele about proper food handling from their garden to their kitchen.

10. The Strategic Initiatives from ANR Into 2025
Initiative for managing endemic and invasive pests and diseases
Extend research based information on sustainable pest management practices
Be aware of potential new pest problems…i.e. “First Detector”

11. The Strategic Initiatives from ANR Into 2025
Initiative to improve energy security and technologies through innovative science, engineering, agricultural, biological and environmental science.
Extend research based information on sustainable landscape practices that save energy i.e. tree planting and placement, alternative and recyclable mulches, alternative or electric motors for mowers and other landscape equipment.

12. What Are Sustainable Landscape Practices?

13. What is Sustainable?
To sustain means to keep going or continue, and sustainable is the ability to carry on an activity indefinitely with minimal impact on the environment.
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16. Seven Best Practices *adapted from River-Friendly Landscape Guidelines
Landscape for the Local Climate
Use landscape adapted natives, or climate appropriate plant materials such as Arboretum All-Stars
Consider the potential for fire and modify to defend your home from wildfire
Landscape to enhance and protect local flora and fauna

17. Seven Best Practices Landscape for Less to the Landfill
Plants match space
Reduce pruning
Grasscycle
Compost on site
Reduced water and fertilizer
Salvage and recycle

18. Seven Best Practices
3. Nurture the soil

19. 3. Nurture the Soil Save topsoil Protect soil from compaction
Prevent erosion
Mulch
Feed soils naturally
Avoid synthetic, quick release fertilizers
Minimize the use of chemical pesticides

20. 4. Conserve Water Mulch Plant selection Minimize turf Hydrozone
Rainwater collection
Efficient irrigation systems
Audit your irrigation system
Manage your irrigation

21. 5. Conserve Energy Plant trees to minimize energy use
-shade paved areas
-shade west and south side with deciduous trees
-evergreen trees on N.
-shade air conditioners
-design outdoor lighting carefully

22. 6. Protect Water and Air Quality
Plant trees
Prevent run-off
Use proper equipment
Use IPM
Minimize decorative turf areas
Keep soil covered with mulch
Keep organic matter on site
Minimize impervious surfaces
Maintain irrigation system properly

23. 7. Create and Protect Wildlife Habitat
Create landscapes with diverse plantings
Choose CA natives where possible
Provide water and shelter
Avoid pesticide use
Conserve or restore natural areas and wildlife corridors

24. 8. Grow Food…..
Grow food in your garden for yourself, your family and your neighborhood
Permaculture
Edible landscapes
Vegetable gardens
Personal orchards or container fruit trees

26. For more information on sustainable landscape practices go to:
Special thanks to the Sacramento Stormwater Quality Partnership (SSQP), used with permission and assistance from the StopWaste.org in Alameda County. The River Friendly Landscape Guidelines are a Sacramento revision of the Bay-Friendly Landscape Guidelines originally published by StopWaste.org in 2003

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28. Sustainable Use of Natural Resources-Water
Reduce fertilizer and pesticide pollutants
Protect water quality & quantity
Healthy Gardens, Healthy Homes Program
Rain Garden Demonstrations
Prism Program

29. What is Sustainable?
To sustain means to keep going or continue, and sustainable is the ability to carry on an activity indefinitely with minimal impact on the environment.
From:

30. What is Sustainable? water availability, off-site water quality,
The concept of sustainable gardening has evolved as a result of current environmental concerns about the broader affects of our gardening practices on:
water availability,
off-site water quality,
energy use,
landfill space,
fire-safe landscaping,
soil degradation, and
the spread of invasive plant species and
protection and enhancement of wildlife habitat.
All of these issues are critically important today, and harmful impacts of our gardening practices on any of these concerns can potentially affect the quality of our lives, our health, or the health of the ecosystem upon which we depend.

31. Why Adopt Sustainable Landscape Practices?
Gardening practices that most can implement immediately, whereby enormous benefits are gained by a large fraction of households engaging in sustainable gardening.
Sustainable landscape practices are gardening practices that not only save you money by saving energy, water, and time; they will help to improve environmental quality.

32. What Are Sustainable Landscape Practices?
Remember, the key goals of sustainable gardening practices are to:
sustain water availability and quality
reduce off-site water movement into storm drains, lakes, rivers and creeks
reduce energy use
reduce our green waste to landfill
prevent soil degradation
facilitate wildlife, and
reduce the spread of invasive plant species

33. Advice to Grow by….Ask Us!
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