Olivenhain Municipal Water District, San Dieguito Water District, and Santa Fe Irrigation District invite residents to a Fire-Resistant Landscape Workshop on Sept. 19, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The workshop will be held at 1966 Olivenhain Road in Encinitas. Attendees will learn landscaping practices that can help protect homes from wildfires, according to a news release.<\/p>\n
California has seen some of its largest and most destructive wildfires in recent years. According to CAL FIRE, \u201cfire-smart\u201d landscaping can help prevent the spread of wildfires while conserving water.<\/p>\n
Instructor Greg Rubin is an author and landscape designer with California\u2019s Own Native Landscape Design, Inc. He spent five years testing the fire resistance of native plants for the US Navy. Rubin\u2019s landscape designs include wildlife habitat, fire resistance, and water efficiency.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have nearly 30 years of experience with San Diego County landscapes that have survived wildfires, and none have lost a home,\u201d said Rubin in the news release. \u201cThere is no guarantee that a home won\u2019t burn in a firestorm, but at least we have tools to create effective defensible spaces in our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rubin will discuss how fire behaves in different landscape designs. He will also share practical strategies to make landscapes more fire-resistant.<\/p>\n
\u201cWildfires are a consistent threat in our area,\u201d said OMWD Board Director Ebin Lanfried in the news release. \u201cIt has never been more important to create fire-resistant landscapes to protect our homes. Many of these landscapes need less water than traditional lawns and can lower your monthly water bill.\u201d<\/p>\n
Space is limited. Registration is required at www.olivenhain.com\/events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Olivenhain Municipal Water District, San Dieguito Water District, and Santa Fe Irrigation District invite residents to a Fire-Resistant…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[310,4774,4602,9246,6837,7542,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-447491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-del-mar-times","tag-del-mar-times-things-to-do","tag-encinitas-advocate","tag-encinitas-advocate-things-to-do","tag-rancho-santa-fe-review","tag-rancho-santa-fe-review-things-to-do","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}