New learning center offers top-tier training

New learning center offers top-tier training

Gachina Landscape Management team members watch a demonstration by Frank Niccoli at Foothill College’s John Paul and H. Jaclyn Ishimaru-Gachina Learning Center. Photo: Chad Sutton, Gachina Landscape Management With the current workforce shortage, hands-on experience is invaluable. But finding a good way to receive accurate and up-to-date training can be a challenge. Recognizing the need […]

5 TV gardening-landscape shows that we really dig

5 TV gardening-landscape shows that we really dig

Natasia Demetriou and Vic Reeves are co-hosts of “The Big Flower Fight.” Looking for a great garden/landscape show on TV? Good luck. They’re about as rare as a lawn without gophers. Even the “G” in HGTV has become largely a misnomer in recent years. And that bums out many horticulture enthusiasts, including Bay Area resident […]

SF Bay Area Contractors Launches New Website and Directory – SOUTHEAST

SF Bay Area Contractors Launches New Website and Directory – SOUTHEAST

Whether users are planning a kitchen remodel or seeking expert bathroom remodeling services, the revamped site offers a seamless experience. They can browse through detailed service descriptions, choose from multiple contractors for each service category, and gain valuable insights from the blog to inspire and inform their next projects. Source link

Gardeners call electric lawn equipment subsidy inadequate

Gardeners call electric lawn equipment subsidy inadequate

In summary California will ban most new gas-powered lawn equipment starting in 2024, but landscapers and gardeners warn the transition will cost them money and jobs. Industry officials say the technology isn’t ready for commercial use and called a $30 million incentive program for small operators inadequate. One state lawmaker who co-authored the bill says […]

Bay Area Landscape Designers: Meet the Next Generation | Architectural Digest

Bay Area Landscape Designers: Meet the Next Generation | Architectural Digest

Pine House Edible Gardens Armed with a quiver of prestigious degrees, Leslie Bennett began her career in the fields of environmental justice, land-use and cultural-property law, and preservation. Then she decided it was time to get her hands dirty. “I felt useless being a super-wonky desk worker,” Bennett recalls. “I wanted to reconnect to the […]

Time to turn off irrigation controllers

Time to turn off irrigation controllers

Water from a sprinkler head is checked by Drew Mathers of ConserVision during a water audit at the home of Maryhill Gleason in Sunnyvale in May 2014. (Gary Reyes — Bay Area News Group) California has welcomed recent rain showers with open arms and we will continue to hope for a wet season throughout the […]