Earth month syc

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Introduction about the event
Smart Yards Co-op

Acknowledgment
We thank our sponsors: The ofﬁce of Assembly Member-Ash Kalra, D-27,
Human Agenda, Sacred Heart Community S...

Our Mission
This Year, SYC celebrated the Earth Day with a series of hands-on
workshops on Ecological Landscaping. The foc...

Our Plan
How we did it

The workshop series
started with an educational
class hosted at Sacred
Heart community center in
San Jose on March, 29.
El...

Everything good
starts with a ﬁlled
stomach
“
The class started with a
organic snack fresh from
the garden followed by
pre...

Some of the ﬁne
delicacies included greek
salad and nachos..

Elizabeth brought a collection of native plants to
share its natural beauty and beneﬁts.

I was born in Chile
and spent a lot of time
around nature.
“
Mario introduced everyone
with the principles of
permaculture...

Elizabeth discussed how
can we apply
permaculture principles
and convert a yard into
an ecological garden.
She explained t...

We had an interactive session for question & answers. Everyone
in the group shared their stories and connection with natur...

I have a yard and it has a few native plants. I love the idea of ecological garden.
I have been thinking about landscaping...

Converting a lawn to a
Native Plant Garden
Smart Yards Team invited all the member
of the group to participate in Earth Mo...

We selected two gardens from the group to convert
What Next

Earth Month
Saturday, April 15
Workshop 1

Angie Thomas
470, Meadow Dale Ct. San Jose, 95136
Yard Area: 910 sq. ft.
BEFORE

Let’s work
together…
On Saturday, April 15 we gathered
together to work on Angie Thomas’s
yard (911 sq. ft). The whole pro...

Remove the existing bed using spade and fork
Step 1
Preparing the Lawn

Setting up a
raised garden
bed.
Elizabeth and Mario set up a raised
garden bed in the center of the yard.
Raised garden be...

Elizabeth inspecting existing irrigation system and making sure
that everything is in place!

Lay Out Cardboard, and Water
Cardboard helps in retaining moisture in the soil. It also helps the mulch do its job of
supp...

Mario and Juan ﬁxing a broken pipe
we found during irrigation inspection

Step 3
Planting the tree

What to plant?
What to replace the lawn with is the most
asked question among people interested
in converting their lawns....

Brunch break!!

Step 4
Well planned mulched beds improve the appearance of the landscape & provides many other beneﬁts.
Mulch protects a p...

We did it!

Details
New garden features Stone pathways. these will
useful when garden is full of plants.
Following plants planted:

Our ﬁrst Earth Month workshop was a success!
Thanks to: Angie Thomas, Doug, David, Jacqueline Rivera, Juan Gudino Damian,
...

All the participants came from different
gardening skill levels, for some it was a new
and exciting experience. All the vo...

Earth Month
Friday, April 21
Saturday, April 22
Workshop 2

Our next workshop was held at Juan Gudino's garden (966 sq. ft) on April 21 & 22.
This yard was covered with grass, so ﬁrs...

Pruning all the plants that are going to be part of new landscape.

We cleared the ground

Day 2

We have cleaned the yard and installed the drip irrigation.
Our next step is to remove excess lumps of grass and weeds
fro...

More volunteers joined us today and made this event more
fun with music, positive energy and laughter…

Volunteers clearing the ground by removing excess grass
lumps before moving forward with next steps.

Elizabeth made a beautiful tiled pathway joining
drive way and front doorway

Next step is lay cardboard on the ground and
ﬁnish by spreading an even layer of mulch.

We also cleared the hillstrip and pruned all the
plants going to be part of new landscape

Our supporter Mr. Ash Kalra joined us and
planted the ﬁrst plant in the garden.

Happiness is planting together..

Following plants are planted:

Earth month syc

Earth month syc

Earth month syc

Earth month syc

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