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

Kids participating in the gardening lesson.

Workshop: Organic Gardening 101 (Signal Hill)

July 25 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

A hand sorting a pile of food scraps for compost

Webinar: Introduction to Composting

July 27 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Food waste being dumped into the compost bin.

Webinar: Introduction to Composting

July 29 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Some digging and light gardening at home

Webinar: Water-Wise Gardening

July 30 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

A hand sorting a pile of food scraps for compost

Workshop: Composting 101 (Compton)

August 1 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Instruction Videos

Intro to Composting

Small Space Gardening

Organic Gardening

Water-Wise Gardening

Smart Gardening Techniques

Elderly woman tending to drought tolerant garden.

Backyard Composting

Discover the benefits of backyard composting for your home and the environment.

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Worm Composting

Learn more about this efficient way of producing compost with worms.

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Water-wise Gardening

Learn new gardening techniques for reducing water usage.

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Grasscyling

An introduction into the technique of grasscycling to build a more healthy lawn.

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Fire-wise Gardening

Learn to plan and maintain your landscaping to help reduce risks from wildfires.

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Quick Tips

For your continued education, below are short videos on sustainable gardening. For more in-depth instruction on our core subjects, click on Instruction Videos.