What you missed last week on #LandscapeChat

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Smart Water Management Practices ValleyCrest Landscape Companies (@ValleyCrest) & Corona Tools (@CoronaTools) host #landscapechat every Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET/ 11 a.m. PT on Twitter to discuss the latest tips, trends and innovation in the green industry. On Wednesday, June 20, 2012, ValleyCrest’s Richard Restuccia (@H2Otrends), Director of Water Management Solutions, chatted with special guest Smartscape Arizona (@SmartscapeUA) on #landscapechat about how to adopt the smartest water management practices…. Read more »

Water Awareness Month — Help Spread the Word!

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May is water awareness month in California and the majority of people I speak with don’t know about the campaign.  The California Water Awareness Campaign is a yearlong effort by organizations in California to heighten public awareness of water.  This has been happening since 1989. This year there are over 70 cities and water agencies contributing to the program and approximately 300 water agencies, farm bureaus, and various other organizations… Read more »

What’s On Tap: Rivers, Clean Water, And Why You Can’t Live Without Them

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A few months ago Gary Belan, Director of the Clean Water Program at American Rivers was a guest on #landscapechat.  American Rivers is the leading organization working to protect and restore the nation’s rivers and streams, so I suggested he share some of his work in the form of a guest blog for ValleyCrestTakesOn.   Below is his contribution about how rivers impact our lives.  I’m… Read more »

What's On Tap: Rivers, Clean Water, And Why You Can't Live Without Them

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A few months ago Gary Belan, Director of the Clean Water Program at American Rivers was a guest on #landscapechat.  American Rivers is the leading organization working to protect and restore the nation’s rivers and streams, so I suggested he share some of his work in the form of a guest blog for ValleyCrestTakesOn.   Below is his contribution about how rivers impact our lives.  I’m… Read more »

Garden Up! Vertical Gardening for Small and Large Spaces

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What is vertical gardening? The best way to maximize outdoor spaces and create drama in your garden. In the book Garden Up! (An Amazon Best Books of 2011 selection) you’ll see many examples, such as growing edibles up a wall or learning which edibles double as ornamentals.   Have a landscape eyesore? You’ll find lots of solutions in Garden Up! You’ll get ideas on how to create focal points with arbors. You… Read more »