 Reservoir Capacity 4/5/23: Emigrant Reservoir 43% full; Reeder Reservoir 61.3% full Get the most out of your water this season! |
| Early spring is the perfect time to get ready for the summer watering season. Performing a few important maintenance tasks now can help your landscape retain and improve water efficiency. Completing tasks such as aerating, amending soil, adding mulch and dethatching will sustain healthy soils that cycle nutrients, minimize runoff and retain water. When the time finally comes to start up your sprinkler system, these simple steps will help you get the most out of the water that you use. >> Aerating and amending your soil. Soil can become compacted over time, inhibiting water infiltration. Aerating your soil increases infiltration of water into the ground, improving water flow to the plant’s root zone and reducing water runoff. Raking in a layer of compost after aerating, feeds your plants and allows air and water to circulate more easily. >> Dethatching. Thatch is a layer of organic material between the green lawn and the soil. Thatch can act as a barrier that prevents vital water, air and nutrients from reaching roots. Spring is a good time to dethatch because conditions are optimum for rapid recovery and you are preparing the lawn for the coming growing season. >> Use mulch around shrubs and garden plants. This will help reduce evaporation, inhibit weed growth, moderate soil temperature, and prevent erosion. Visit the City of Ashland Fire Department’s website at www.ashland.or.us/resources for information on the appropriate types of mulches and where to use them in the landscape. You can also call 541-552-2231 for additional guidance on firewise landscaping practices. >> Plan ahead for a water-wise landscape. If you’re designing a new landscape or rethinking your current one, find helpful ideas on plants that are not only waterwise, but are also firewire, pollinator friendly, and deer resistant. Visit the City of Ashland’s Water-Wise Landscaping Website at www.ashlandsaveswater.org or call 541-552-2062 for more information. |
 Earth day 2023 Join in celebrating Rogue Valley Earth Day on Friday, April 21, from 3:30 to 7 p.m. at The Farm on the Southern Oregon University Campus in Ashland! Visit exhibits to learn more about water and energy conservation practices and how you can use these methods to make your home more efficient. |
| This information was complied by the Water Action Team of the Ashland Climate Collaborative. |
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Spring Flowers at N. Mt. Park
A dedicated group of AGC members have been planting and gardening North Mountain Park’s Heirloom Garden for years, The Club calls them ‘The Heirloom Gardeners’. The community of Ashland enjoys the Heirloom Garden in all seasons, but spring is especially delightful.
Lithia Park- Japanese Garden
Ashland’s Japanese Garden in Lithia Park is closing soon to be resigned. This project has been in the works since 2018, but the physical work starts this month (Nov 2020) and will take 2 years to complete. Ashland Parks & Recreation is working with landscape designer Toru Tanaka to create an authentic Japanese Garden. Mr. Tanaka was trained in Japan and has more than 35 years of experience creating Japanese Gardens. He is the founder and president of Portland Landscape Design and Japanese Garden Specialty. Ashland’s new garden was made possible by a generous grant from Jeff Mangin, and the Marechal family of Normandy, France, who donated all the funds for this new Japanese Garden in remembrance of Jeff’s wife, Beatrice Marechal.
Article by: Carlotta Lucas, AGC Member
Photos by: Lucretia Weems, AGC member
Ashland,Oregon: 2019 Firewise Clean Up Day
Announcement City of Ashland, Oregon
Save the Date! Firewise Clean Up Day – Saturday May 4th, 2019!
Recology Ashland, Ashland Fire & Rescue and the Wildfire Mitigation Commission are proud to announce the eighth annual
FREE Green Debris Drop Off Day!
Create a Firewise yard before fire season starts by removing the “fuel“ from a potential wildfire. Ashland residents are invited to drop-off their green debris free of charge!
When: Saturday, May 4th, 2019 from 8 AM to 3:30 PM
Where: Valley View Transfer Station 3000 N. Valley View Rd.
Who: All Ashland residents showing proof if id (drivers license, utility bill, etc)
Why: Removing fine fuel like leaves, pine needles and small branches away from your house and gutters can significantly reduce your wildfire risk and help prevent the spread of wildfire within the city of Ashland
How: Remove leaves, branches & other green debris from your yard and drop off FREE OF CHARGE to the Transfer Station. Volunteers will be on site to assist with removing green debris from your vehicle, trailer, etc.
ACCEPTED MATERIALS: Only organic green debris will be accepted. This includes leaves, pine needles, small branches, brush and other green debris
PROHIBITED MATERIALS: Please leave trash, stumps, logs, firewood, & treated lumber at home. If you bring your green debris in bags they need to be emptied and taken home.
https://www.ashland.or.us/Page.asp?NavID=16961
Firewise: Be Prepared
City of Ashland, Oregon Firewise class. It’s free.
Monday, February 12th at the Ashland Hills Hotel.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-firewise-class-tickets-42104678226
The Lonely Bouquet
The Ashland Garden Club celebrated its first Fall meeting on Sept. 12 with a floral design 
project designed to bring happiness to the members as well as lucky people in the community.
project designed to bring happiness to the members as well as lucky people in the community.Members, under the direction of club member Molly Caruthers, created 40 floral arrangements that were then taken into the community and “abandoned” for others to find and take home.
The program is called The Lonely Bouquet. Each arrangement had a tag which explained that the bouquet needed a new home and the finder was encouraged to take it home or give to someone of their choice. Each arrangement also had an attached postcard addressed to the Ashland Garden Club which finders could use to write back to the club to tell us where their bouquet found its new home. Flowers were from members’ gardens as well as Fry Family Farms, LeMera Gardens, Albertsons and the Enchanted Florist.
The Lonely Bouquet program was begun by Emily Avenson, a young California woman who moved to Belgium and began a floral farm and florist business. When traveling she would make a small bouquet and put it in a glass jelly jar and abandon it with a tag explaining the Lonely Bouquet concept. In just a few years the movement has spread all over the world. The mission is to bring happiness…..one flower at a time. We hope it will spread much joy in Ashland and the surrounding area!