Come check out “The Greatest Care of Earth” demonstration garden in the Hall of Flowers Annex during the Sonoma County Fair. The Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership and the UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County partnered together to display climate-ready landscape practices for the home garden. Stop by to learn how you can create a yard that is drought-proof and fire-wise. To learn more about the display: https://www.savingwaterpartnership.org/fair/ For more information about the Sonoma County Fair: https://sonomacountyfair.com/pages/sonoma-county-fair

Join the Town of Windsor at a special Wastewater Treatment Plant Open House on Saturday September 7th from 10am-2pm at the Wastewater Treatment Plant located at 8400 Windsor Rd. Learn more about the Town’s ambitious NetZero Wastewater Program, connect with other Town programs and local organizations and join in on a FREE tour of the treatment plant. Celebrate Windsor’s small town with big solutions, with an afternoon of food, games, giveaways and MORE! Contact sparkhurst@townofwindsor.com with any questions about this event.

Garden Sense is a program of the Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership and the UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County. Garden Sense consultants provide support to Sonoma County residents interested in removing lawn, upgrading to efficient irrigation systems, and selecting low water use plants that will thrive in our climate. Garden Sense consultants help residents find applicable rebate programs and provide advice and resources so that residents can feel more confident getting the work done. Since 2014, Garden Sense consultants have completed nearly 2,000 site visits and saved over an estimated 16 million gallons of water! Garden Sense was recently…

Sonoma Water’s biggest dam is Lake Sonoma and it stores drinking water, prevents floods, and has a steelhead and coho salmon hatchery. On this program we’ll learn about Lake Sonoma and the local wildlife, such as bald eagle, common merganser and migratory salmon.

The City of Petaluma’s Water Conservation & Resources department will be hosting a booth and giving away free water conservation supplies. The booth will feature program information, rebates, water conservation items, and more! We look forward to seeing you there!

The City of Petaluma’s Water Conservation & Resources department will be hosting a booth and giving away free water conservation supplies. The booth will feature program information, rebates, water conservation items, and more! We look forward to seeing you there! We will be there September 3rd, and October 1st

The City of Petaluma’s Water Conservation & Resources department will be hosting a booth and giving away free water conservation supplies. The booth will feature program information, rebates, water conservation items, and more! We look forward to seeing you there! We will be there March 5th, April 2nd, May 7th, June 4th, July 2nd, August 13th, September 3rd, and October 1st

October is the start of a new Water Year (Oct. 1 – Sept. 30), and like any new year, it gives us the opportunity to reflect on the past and make resolutions for the future. Statewide, the theme of Water Year 2023 was weather whiplash. Illustrating the dramatic extremes of California’s climate, the governor’s emergency proclamations for both drought and flood were in place simultaneously in the latter part of the water year. Here in Sonoma County, we moved from historic drought to torrential rain and even some remarkable snowfall in a matter of weeks. The rains brought much needed…

The Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership earned multiple awards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its work promoting the EPA WaterSense program and water efficiency in 2022.  The awards were presented at the WaterSmart Innovations Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada and included a Partner of the Year Award and a WaterSense Sustained Excellence Award for the Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership, the organization’s second and seventh WaterSense awards, respectively. In total, nine Partner of the Year awards were presented at the conference, along with 13 Sustained Excellence awards.  WaterSense, a voluntary partnership program sponsored by the EPA, is both a label…

Shorter days mean shorter run times for your irrigation system. Plants need less water in the fall as growth winds down and plants prepare for winter. Reduce your run times by 20% now and up to 40% in late fall, or check out this Irrigation Scheduling Tool to get a custom schedule. Fall is also time to prune perennials and cool season grasses, and to clear out dead, woody materials and dry leaves for fire season. For more info, check out the Maintenance Calendar in the Water Smart Gardens Maintenance Manual – your guide to a garden that thrives.

Join us at the Sonoma County Fair, August 3-13th. The Sonoma-Marin Saving Partnership and the UC Master Gardeners of Sonoma County have partnered together to showcase a beautiful, sustainable, low water use garden that is designed to thrive in Sonoma County's climate. Our garden demonstration will be on display outside of the Hall of Flowers, stop by to learn about sustainable gardening practices.

Ever wondered how to correctly schedule your irrigation controller based on weather, plants or irrigation application? Well, we have a solution for you! The Sonoma-Marin Water Saving Partnership developed the Irrigation Scheduling Tool to simplify and enhance the accuracy of irrigation controller scheduling. This innovative web-based tool retrieves data from local weather stations daily, providing users with precise calculations of the optimal water requirements for plants during the week. By considering various plant types and irrigation emission devices, the tool generates a recommended irrigation schedule. The irrigation scheduling tool also includes a User Guide to assist users. Pro Tip: How do you find a leak…