Resolve to Save Your Rainwater! NEW Rebates for Rain Barrels and more!

We want you to capture the rain!! The Santa Clara Valley Water District is now offering Rainwater Capture Rebates within its Landscape Rebate Program. 

Rain gardens, rain barrels, and cisterns are all systems used to keep rainwater onsite for reuse within the landscape and are now available for a rebate.

For all rebates under the Landscape Rebate Program, including the Rainwater Capture Rebates, application submission and approval is required before purchasing any new equipment or starting any work.  Please visit the Water District’s website for more information or call our Hotline at (408) 630-2554.     

PLEASE NOTE: SAVE WATER, NOT MOSQUITOES!

Did you know that one of the most common problems with rain barrels is mosquito breeding? Thousands of mosquitoes can emerge from standing water inside a rain barrel. Follow these three simple steps to eliminate mosquitoes:

1.       Cover the barrel and all openings

2.       Empty barrels on a regular basis

3.       Keep the lid clear of standing water

Do your part to prevent West Nile and Zika virus outbreaks!

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Resolve to Save Your Rainwater! NEW Rebates for Rain Barrels and more!

We want you to capture the rain!! The Santa Clara Valley Water District is now offering Rainwater Capture Rebates within its Landscape Rebate Program. 

Rain gardens, rain barrels, and cisterns are all systems used to keep rainwater onsite for reuse within the landscape and are now available for a rebate.

For all rebates under the Landscape Rebate Program, including the Rainwater Capture Rebates, application submittal and approval is required before purchasing any new equipment or starting any work.  Please visit the Water District’s website for more information or call our Hotline at (408) 630-2554.     

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Graywater Workshop in San Jose THIS SATURDAY!

Come out this Saturday, April 28th, from 11:00 am to noon at Our City Forest at 1000 Spring St, San Jose, for a FREE workshop on GRAYWATER.

Learn how to safely reuse water from washing machines to irrigate your landscape! This free class will discuss residential graywater reuse, common types of graywater systems, garden-friendly soaps and detergents, and how to construct a laundry to landscape graywater system. Attending the workshop will help participants qualify for the Santa Clara Valley Water District's Graywater Rebate: $200 ($400 in certain areas).

Our City Forest will be hosting a plant sale between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.; the workshop will be from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m..

To receive specific assistance during the workshop, bring a few photos of your laundry area and landscape to be irrigated with graywater.

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Friday, April 27th is Arbor Day - Let's Celebrate Trees!!

This Friday, April 27th is Arbor Day!  To celebrate Arbor Day, let's take a moment to recognize some of the wonderful things that trees provide:  

1) They conserve energy - ore shade on buildings in the summer equals cooler interiors

2) They sequester carbon dioxide and reduce air pollution

3) They improve property values

4) They provide wildlife habitat

5) They are beautiful!  

To find out more about trees, please visit these wonderful organizations:  Canopy.org   Our City Forest

Thank you, Trees!!  Happy Arbor Day!!

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Happy Spring!!

The South Bay Green Gardens website would like to wish everyone a Happy Spring! 

While you're watching the rain from inside, here are a couple of ideas for what to do outside once the sun comes back out:   

Wishing you a wonderful Spring, full of butterflies and flowers.  

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Take Your Yard from Grass to Gorgeous - and get a rebate!

Are you interested in transforming your front or back lawn into something that uses less water?  How about something gorgeous and sustainable?  Would you like a rebate for that?  

If you answered "Yes!" to any of those questions, we have a program for you!  The Santa Clara Valley Water District's Landscape Rebate Program offers customers a rebate for taking out their high-water using landscape and putting in low-water using plants and hardscape.  It's easy too!  Just go to the website for more information about their Landscape Rebate Program.

Looking for landscape designs to get you started?  We have you covered!  Just click here.