A fine event for gardeners is the Eighth Annual Garden Faire, in Scotts Valley, on Saturday, June 22, from 9:00 to 5:00, with music continuing to 7:00 p.m. The Garden Faire is a free-admission, educational event focusing on benefits of organic gardening and sustainable, healthy living. Included will be a unique assemblage of garden goods and materials, plants and services, plus many knowledgeable speakers, interactive presentations, food and beverage, live music and plenty of activities for everyone.<\/p>\n
The Faire\u2019s 2013 theme, \u201cGrowing Together \u2013 Nourishing Our Community,\u201d will explore the importance of individual actions toward building the health of ourselves, our community and our planet, implementing new ideas and techniques that will assist and enhance the growth of plants, while sustaining our earth and our environment, resulting in organic\/holistic food for body and spirit.<\/p>\n
Each year, this event presents a unique mix of practical gardening ideas, visions of sustainability and one of the Monterey Bay area\u2019s largest, most diverse plant sales. It also offers the family-friendly, positive vibe that avid gardeners generate when they gather.<\/p>\n
For all the information, visit www.thegardenfaire.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n A perfect example of the individual actions that the Garden Faire advocates is to recycle your greywater, which is water that has been used to launder your clothes. By installing a few plastic pipes from your washer to your plants, you could contribute in a small way to important goals of the community.<\/p>\n The benefits include reducing your water bills, participating in a wider program to conserve water and reduce energy needs, and helping your garden to thrive.<\/p>\n Such projects exemplify the individual actions that the Garden Faire advocates.<\/p>\n \u201cLaundry-to-landscape\u201d systems are simple, but need to designed and installed so that they work as intended and meet basic standards. Happily, free information is available for homeowners. The Monterey Peninsula Water Management District will present a Laundry-to-Landscape Workshop on Saturday, June 22, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at 5 Harris Court, Building G, in Monterey. Residents of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District service area will receive a free laundry-to-landscape installation kit upon completion of the workshop.<\/p>\n The workshop prepares attendees to install their own greywater system on Sunday, June 23, with help from a Central Coast Greywater Alliance volunteer, and perhaps other workshop participants, friends and family. Alternatively, one could contract with a qualified greywater system installer.<\/p>\n For additional information visit www.centralcoastgreywater.org<\/a>. Then, for installation contractors, click on \u201cResources\/Greywater Directory,\u201d and for workshop details, click on \u201cMonterey Laundry to Landscape Workshop.” Check that website in coming days for links to similar workshops in Marina and the Salinas Valley.<\/p>\n Your washing machine could water your garden! Wouldn\u2019t that be great?<\/p>\n More<\/p>\n Ecology Action and the Central Coast Greywater Alliance are sponsoring a 100 Greywater System Challenge to build community awareness about code-compliant greywater irrigation systems, landscape water conservation and drought\/climate change preparedness. Here’s a link to full information on the Monterey Bay 100 Greywater System Challenge.\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A fine event for gardeners is the Eighth Annual Garden Faire, in Scotts Valley, on Saturday, June 22, from 9:00 to 5:00, with music continuing to 7:00 p.m. The Garden Faire is a free-admission, educational event focusing on benefits of … Continue reading