Published: Aug 05, 2013 | 16:50 PM

Learn Money-Saving Gardening Techniques at Open House

 

Sample exotic fruit, see the composting process, purchase low-water-use plants and attend discussions about every facet of gardening at the Fifth Annual Residential Demonstration Landscape Open House and Vendor Fair on Saturday, October 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Irvine Ranch Water District and the University of California Cooperative Extension are co-hosting this event, as they have for the previous four years, at the UC South Coast Research and Extension Center located at 7601 Irvine Boulevard, Irvine.

Learn how easy it is to:

• Reduce water use
• Improve the quality of water runoff entering local waterways
• Turn green waste into garden gold
• Grow low water use plants
• Save money

Visit the South Coast Research and Extension Center website, or contact Tammy Majcherek at (949) 733-3970 for more information.