Drought Action Day

Saturday, October 18th 10 am to 3 pm

Portola Valley Town Center 

Enter our Water Saver Contest to see if you are a Water Conservation Champ! Deadline extended to October 15th! Click here for instructions and entry form.

HIGHLIGHTS

* Gift for First 100 Portola Valley/Woodside families!

* Free Raffle Ticket for a chance to win a 60-gallon Rainwater Harvesting Barrel!

* Compost Giveaway starting at 10 am (2 bags per family, while supplies last in Historic Schoolhouse Parking Lot)

* Kid-friendly brown bag lunch and adult lunches for purchase!

SPEAKERS

11 am:

• Tom Bressen, Owner, Urban Farmer Store – Greywater Pragmatics
• Jesse Frohlich, Owner, BlueBarrel Rainwater Catchment Systems – Rainwater Harvesting Pragmatics

Noon:

• Peigi Duvall, Founder, Indig Design – Landscaping with Drought Tolerant Native Plants
• Frank Niccoli, Founder, The Village Gardener, Instructor at Foothill and Merritt Colleges – Smart Irrigation/Smart Controllers

1 pm:

• Sherry Osaka, Founder, Sustainable Landscape Designs – Landscape Design in the Drought
• Terry Lyngso, Owner, Lyngso Materials, RWC – Soil Health Can Help You Through the Drought

WORKSHOP

10:30 am & 1 pm: Plant Your Own Native Container Garden led by Miriam Sachs Martin

Bring your own container, maximum size 12” wide by 10” high

Attendance Limited. Sign ups required: http://plant-a-pot.eventbrite.com

ARE YOU A WINNER? CONTEST WINNER ANNOUNCEMENTS!

12:50 pm: Winners of the mail-in Household Water Conservation Champ Contest

2:30 pm: Winners of the On-Site Drought Action Day Outdoor Use Water Conservation Champ

3 pm: Winner of the 60 gallon RainWater Barrel Raffle from Urban Farmer

DEMONSTRATIONS

• Irrigation Materials Choices
• Walk Through Hydrozoning

HANDS ON AND INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES

• Bring your Water Bill (paper or electronic) – We will calculate your outdoor water use. Maybe you are a Champ?

FUN FOR KIDS

• Interactive Watershed Model
• Tinker Lab
• Microscopic Pond Life
• Insect Hunt
• Sun Prints and Leaf Rubbings
• Explore the Creek

EXHIBITS AND VENDORS

• Acterra
• BlueBarrel
• Bushman
• CalWater
• Delta Bluegrass
• Greenwaste Compost Giveaway
• Ladera Garden Center – succulents
• Lyngso Garden Materials
• OnPoint Ecosystem
• Portola Valley Conservation Committee
• Portola Valley Nature and Science Committee
• Portola Valley Sustainability Committee
• Seth Wright Irrigation Contractor
• Tuolumne River Trust
• Urban Farmer Store, SF
• Woodside Fire Department
• Yerba Buena Nursery

Sponsors: Portola Valley Nature & Science Committee, Portola Valley Water Conservation Task Force, Town of Woodside, Acterra