Professional LandCare Network (PLANET) is an international association serving landscape professionals in the areas of business management, safety and insurance, and inter-industry relations with other facets of the green industry.
The California Landscape Contractors Association is a non-profit trade organization of licensed landscape and landscape-related contractors. Also included among its approximately 3,200 members are landscape suppliers, landscape architects, public officials, educators, and students.
The Regional Water Authority has a website to help you select plants for your River-Friendly Landscape.
Commonly used garden pesticides can often runoff into storm drains and local waterways, threatening their health and quality. The Sacramento Stormwater Quality Partnership, the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District, and the UC Master Gardeners work together to provide residents with information on safe, effective and practical alternatives for pest control.
StopWaste.org is a program of the Alameda County Waste Management Authority, and the creator of the Bay Friendly Landscaping Guidelines, upon which River-Friendly is based. StopWaste.org has a wealth of additional information available for download on its website.
The UC Davis Arboretum was founded in 1936 to support teaching and research at the University of California. The Arboretum occupies 100 acres along the banks of the old north channel of Putah Creek, in California’s Central Valley. Our collections include 22,000 trees and plants adapted to a Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters. The plants are arranged in a series of gardens that represent different geographic areas, plant groups, or horticultural themes. Check out the Arboretum’s Valley-Wise Gardening section for information on sustainable gardening for the Central Valley.
IPM focuses on long-term prevention of pests or their damage by managing the ecosystem
Western Landscape, Inc. serves a long list of communities in the Sacramento Valley.
