Growing Together: Open Forum

Hi! Super excited for next week's Community Chat on irrigation! We're going to have a few really great topic specialists on the call who have lots of experience with different methods of watering gardens and can help answer questions and share ideas. 

If you can't join the Chat live, it will be recorded and we'll share all the links and resources from it, too. 

If you have any questions or resources you want to share, add them in the registration or drop them in this thread! 

See you on Tuesday, 5/21! 

Join this Community Chat to ask your questions and share ideas about all things related to irrigation! We can chat about choosing the best watering method for your garden, setting up drip irrigation systems, lessons and activities related to water, and anything else you'd like to discuss. From those new to gardening to seasoned educators, everyone is welcome!

Link to register

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Amelia Dupuis
Kids Garden Community Manager
KidsGardening
she/her
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This is perfect timing!  Thanks for organizing this chat!  I am so stumped on what to do next with our irrigation. I got it working with help from a company but they recommended some things - two different approaches - and now I am still not sure what to do.  The original system was installed by a professional company but designed by another company and so I don't know who to blame but its just failing all over and poor design for a school setting with kids poking around.  I just want to choose the cheapest and easiest solution.  Looking forward to this.

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Pamela Bond
Los Gatos
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Thanks to everyone who joined yesterday's Community Chat! The recording of the Chat is attached and some of the resources that were shared are linked below. There are some really great resources including some guides and a drip irrigation webinar recording. 

If you have more questions or other resources and tips to share, drop them here! 

Resources:

• Drip Irrigation Training webinar recording from SGSO Network

• Quick Irrigation Guide from School Garden Workshop

• DripWorks has a great guide, how-to videos, and many more resources (and they offer a discount to schools)

• Watering can recommendations for little kids: Target and Walmart; this thread has some specific suggestions

• Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation has some open grants right now

• Other funding opportunities here (log in to see)

Time Stamps

7:10 - Tips and troubleshooting for drip irrigation

28:00 - Rain barrels (including where to source barrels)

37:30 - Tips for using timers and watering different "zones"

49:35 - Suggestions for irrigation funding and cost estimates

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Amelia Dupuis
Kids Garden Community Manager
KidsGardening
she/her
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