Coastal Blog — Basic Class
March 22 2013
New Malibu OFG Helps to Protect Surfrider Beach
Ocean Friendly Gardens Basic Class
This new, high-profile Ocean Friendly Garden at Bluffs Park is just up the hillside from Surfrider Beach, where Surfrider Foundation got its start. Backed by the City and many others, it's a good model for people to draw from: at home, at work, and elsewhere.
November 15 2012
Green Girls Have Fun With Siuslaw, OR Chapter Rain Garden Workshop
Ocean Friendly Gardens Basic Class HOW
On a rainy afternoon in late October, 32 participants attended the Florence Rain Garden Workshop to learn about ways to reduce non-point source pollutants flowing off their property as part of the Siuslaw Chapter’s Ocean Friendly Gardens Program. Green Girl Land Development Solutions showed how it can be fun and…
October 12 2012
OFG Branching Out Through Teacher Training
Ocean Friendly Gardens Basic Class
The San Diego Surfrider Chapter utilized their current OFG Series (Class, Workshop, Workday) to train new teachers. More trained teachers mean being able to scale up the Program to educate and transform more gardens. Good timing: the Chapter is a partner on a large grant-funded program with the City, County…
July 20 2012
Portland Chapter Follows Rain Garden Class With Site Evaluation and Garden Building
Ocean Friendly Gardens Basic Class HOW
Like the Newport, OR Chapter, the Portland, OR Chapter teamed up with a Soil and Water Conservation District to host a sustainable landscaping class. Surfrider staff, Pete Stauffer, volunteered his landscape to be the site to apply this new knowledge. Step 1: Site Evaluation.
May 18 2012
Give A Hoot: Replace NPK With OWL
Ocean Friendly Gardens Basic Class
What's in a typical bag of fertilizer at the neighborhood nursery? More than you thought - and not what you hoped for. What is the Ocean Friendly Garden approach to building soil health, the foundation of an OFG?
April 03 2012
Fire Station’s Ocean Friendly Garden: Indoor & Outdoor Classroom
Ocean Friendly Gardens Basic Class
Surfrider partners with an LA-based water district to fund ten public demonstration Ocean Friendly Gardens. In Los Angeles, Fire Station 171 holds a class and then goes out to the garden for show-and-tell at the new Ocean Friendly Garden built at their station.
January 26 2012
OFG Taking Root in Pacific Northwest With Soil & Water Conservation Districts
Ocean Friendly Gardens Basic Class GAP HOW
Surfrider chapters in Oregon and Washington are working with watershed restoration agencies, expanding on the traditional "rain garden" design model and putting on hands-on trainings.
October 27 2011
Building Your Core With OFG Professional Training
Ocean Friendly Gardens Basic Class HOW
Through a state grant, the Santa Barbara,CA Chapter sponsored a "Core Concepts Workshop," Ocean Friendly Gardens training geared toward professionals. It attracted reps from government agencies, landscape pros, non-profits and academia interested in grasping the fundamental calculations and communication techniques for sustainable landscaping.The Workshop was developed and is lead by…
June 14 2011
Santa Barbara Ocean Friendly Gardens Program Kicks Off With Basics Class
Ocean Friendly Gardens Basic Class
The Santa Barbara and Isla Vista Chapters launched their OFG Program with a OFG Basics Class. It's the first part of an OFG Series, to be followed up with a Hands-On Workshop on Site Evaluation, Garden Assistance Program Workday, Lawn Patrol and one-day training for professionals. The Series is funded…
March 03 2011
OFG Launches in South Orange County, CA with Mini-OFG Class
Ocean Friendly Gardens Basic Class
Tree Of Life Nursery, the great native plant nursery in San Juan Capistrano, approached us about holding a shortened version of the Ocean Friendly Gardens Basics Class and then head out into the nursery and explore the natural wonders surrounding the nursery.
January 02 2010
Learn Your Soil Type & Whether It Is Compacted
Ocean Friendly Gardens Basic Class
Tests to determine your soil type:
January 02 2010
Planting Guide
Ocean Friendly Gardens Basic Class
How to properly plant: from the size of the hole to applying enough water.
