Many thanks to our title sponsors Edwards Aquifer Authority and Trinity Glen Rose Groundwater Conservation District for helping bring Go Gardening to the Bexar County community. We also appreciate our ongoing support from the San Antonio River Authority.

 

Go Gardening Show - Season 4 - Episode 8

In September, the Go Gardening Show crew made a trip to a large landscape mulch operation located on the far westside of San Antonio. While there, large trucks were constantly offloading tree branches and other landscape material to be ground into mulch, a delivery of fruit and vegetable waste was added to a compost pile and landscape companies were picking up loads of mulch, compost and landscape rocks for their projects around the city. The impressive operation reminded us that there are many ways to beneficially recycle these types of materials that help preserve local water resources while nurturing new and established landscapes.

 

Next, the Go Gardening team visited with a local master gardener who shared her insights on converting turfgrass heavy yards into colorful, water-saving showcases featuring Texas native plants. Some of those ideas included planting the new, smaller plants with enough spacing to allow them to “grow together” over a few seasons, and choosing plants that will provide color from springtime to fall. Other great recommendations included picking plants with different textures and making sure you place taller selections toward the back of new plant beds. She called her style "rebel landscape design."

 

Go Gardening's mission is to help people conserve water in the Edwards and Trinity Aquifers by teaching homeowners how to convert turfgrass areas to low-to-no water use landscapes featuring native plants.

 

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