In this episode we talk to San Jose’s 2022 Climate Smart Water Conservation Champion, Stephanie Morris. She discusses what people can do inside and outside of their homes to adapt to droughts during the climate crisis. As a Bay Area-based landscape designer, she has a myriad of helpful ideas for how native plant gardens and mindful water usage can make a real difference when it comes to a precious resource we all need: water.

Host: Sean Mendelson

Transcript: https://bit.ly/3Cpzatf

Recap blog post: https://bit.ly/3PheriV

Related Websites:

Landscape Rebate Program from Santa Clara Valley Water District: Encourages residents and businesses to convert high-water use landscape/irrigation to low-water use landscape/irrigation - available until June 30, 2023 or until funds are depleted.

Our City Forest: A Lawn Busters program that provides on-site assessments and planning, planting, and quality assurance follow-up. Also helps with affordability issues.

NativePlantDesign.com: Stephanie Morris's landscape design company

Growing Natives Garden Tour: Preview private gardens that can inspire your own ideas.

Santa Clara Valley Water District: You can report water waste: e-mail waterwise@valleywater.org  or call 408-630-2000

South Bay Green Gardens: Different ideas for how to preserve landscapes

The Wild Yards Project: A podcast on transforming lawns into biodiverse habitats 

Homegrown National Park: A grassroots call to regenerate biodiversity and ecosystem function with native plants in your own lawn

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