Learn How to Landscape with Less Water
Our free, online Waterwise Yard Seminars are taught by local landscape and horticultural professionals. Get your landscaping questions answered and learn how to keep your yard looking great while using less water. Seminar topics range from low-water landscape design, xeric plant selection, smart irrigation, and more. Both novice and advanced gardeners are sure to learn something new. Seminars are held virtually, via Zoom.
Thank you to our presenters and participants who made the 2024 seminar season a success! Sign up below to receive updates and reminders for the 2025 seminar season.
Waterwise Seminar Recordings
Regenerative Agriculture Techniques
Garden Prep from a Permaculture Perspective
Intro to Xeriscape
Design & Plant Selection
Perennials, Shrubs, and More!
Knowing the Native Plants
Planting for Pollinators / Siembra para Polinizadores
Waterwise Yards: Turf Removal
Sprinkler Systems 101
Branch Out With Colorado Trees
Veggie Garden Care Through the Seasons
Sustainable Landscape Templates: Everything You Need to Know
Earth Day: Feed the Pollinators, Feed the Earth
Ask a Master Gardener: Spring Garden Prep
Right Plant, Right Place, Right Practice!
Waterwise Landscapes for Homeowners Associations
How to Build a Buzzworthy Pollinator Garden
Defensible Space: The First Five Feet
Four Seasons of Xeriscape
Waterwise Yards: Turf Removal
Insect Visitors in Your Garden: Friend or Foe?
Ask a Master Gardener: Summer Troubleshooting
Creating a Fire-Resilient Landscape: Defensible Space & Design Principles
Water on the Front Range/ Agua en el Front Range
Perennials and Late Summer/Fall Planting
Western Water: Prior Appropriations, Compacts, and Colorado Solutions
Sprinkler Systems 101
Community Reviews
4.6 star rating overall
“I have become much more savvy in terms of landscape activities, planting, designing – with the hope that all this knowledge will help me reduce our usage!”
Seminar Participant, 2021
“This seminar got me so excited to start low-water landscaping this summer. I was feeling very overwhelmed before this, with not having any knowledge about gardening. Now, I feel like I have the basic tools to get started and try it out.”
Seminar Participant, 2023
“This presentation was very skillfully done. Well organized, great visual aids, easy to understand. I learned so much!”
Seminar Participant, 2024
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