Many stores promote spring as planting season when, in reality, spring is for maintenance.

For your garden or landscape to be successful, you may want to follow this planting schedule:
* Spring – Maintenance. This is the time of year to make sure everything is in tip top shape to survive the summer. 

* Summer – Planning. This is the time of year when you want to plan your landscaping changes. It’s too hot to actually do the work and it takes more effort and water for your plants to survive. 

* Fall – Planting. This is the best time of year to plant because the weather is starting to cool down and it takes less water to establish and maintain your landscape.


In anticipation of summer and planning season, SCV Water’s free June garden class offerings will teach you how to maintain your landscape and choose plants that will infuse a variety of green into your landscape year-round. 


While you may have an established landscape, do you know that it needs some work to keep it looking good? Join us Thursday, June 13, from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. to learn effective methods and techniques to manage and Maintain a Sustainable Landscape in a healthy and efficient manner, while improving the aesthetics.

Have you ever thought of your plant selection as a way to add a little green to your landscape? Join us Saturday, June 15, from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. to learn how to choose Shrubs and Native Plants for your landscape. Participants will find inspiration and a variety of water-conserving shrubs, native plants and vines that thrive in the SCV and will add those beautiful shades of green, too.

All classes are held at SCV Water, located at 27234 Bouquet Canyon Road, Santa Clarita. 

To register, and to see a complete list of classes for 2019, visit www.yourSCVwater.com or call (661) 513-1230 and sign up.

The instructor for the June 13 and 15 classes is John Windsor.John Windsor is a Certified Arborist and a California Certified Nurseryman. He has been a Horticultural Advisor in the Santa Clarita Valley for the last 21 years. He has a teaching credential in Horticulture and teaches gardening and landscape classes at the local Adult School, and the Santa Department of Parks and Recreation.

Note: Instructors may change without notice. 


SCV Water’s mission is to provide responsible water stewardship to ensure the Santa Clarita Valley has reliable supplies of high quality water at a reasonable cost.

For more information, contact Event Coordinator Karen Denkinger at kdenkinger@scvwa.org or (661) 513-1230.