Nurseries With Low-water-use & Native Plants
- San Marcos Growers, in Santa Barbara, is a wholesale plant nursery that grows plants appropriate to the California mediterranean climate, The website offers information for all gardeners about more than 1,500 different plants.
- Native Sons is a wholesale nursery that provides perennials, grasses, and shrubs that flourish in our climate. The web site offers information on the nursery's offerings as well as an extensive resources section and a locator to find Native Sons offerings locally
- Las Pilitas Nursery in Santa Margarita grows California native plants. The web site was developed from the nursery's catalog, "Manual of California Native Plants," into 5000 pages of pictures and information. Phone, fax, and online orders available.
- Central Coast Wilds nursery, located in Santa Cruz, is a wholesale and retail native plant nursery that that grows watershed specific native plants for habitat restoration and ecological landscape projects of all sizes. Their team has broad experience in ecological soil and pest management, integrated water management, invasive plant control and watershed restoration.
Other Water Conservation Resources
- 100 Water Saving Tips
- Save Our Water is a statewide program that provides ideas and inspiration for permanently reducing water use – regardless of whether California is in a drought.
- Visit the Water-Wise Gardening in Monterey County web site and use the interactive program to help you create your own water-wise landscape. Features include design ideas, photo galleries, plant lists, irrigation tips, and more! Plants were selected specifically for the Monterey County.
- Water Awareness Committee of Monterey County offers programs for the community, students and water-industry members throughout the County, including classroom conservation and pollution prevention presentations, seminars for consumers and water-supply companies, water tours, and publications. WAC also coordinates events during May to celebrate Water Awareness Month
- WaterWiser provides news, information, research results, discussion forums, references, calendar of events, searchable information databases, and other resources primarily targeted to water conservation professionals, but freely accessible to others.
- The Alliance for Water Efficiency Resource Library offers on-line resources on water conservation and efficiency.
- The Home Water Works quick and easy Water Calculator shows you which water uses in your home are efficient and which are not and offers simple conservation tips that save water and energy.
- Water Cycle Glossary of Terms provides definitions of many important water supply terms.