The Monterey Bay Green gardener Program

Current Class Schedule & Continuing Education

Horario Corriente de Clases

Learn more about Green Gardener Certification and Advanced Classes
Discounts and Resources for Green Gardeners

Descuentos y Recursos para los Jardineros Verdes

What is the Monterey Bay Green Gardener Program?

The Monterey Bay Green Gardener Program provides professional training and certification in ecological landscaping. Green Gardener students receive pracitical instruction in landscape practices that conserve water, reduce waste, and prevent urban storm water pollution.

By hiring a Green Gardener, you'll know that you are hiring someone who has been trained and tested in resource efficient landscape management practices. You will also be working with someone who has spent time with their peers and expert trainers examing complex issues such as landscape irrigation efficiency, low maintenance landscapes and greenwaste reduction, watershed health, fertilizer management, pesticide reduction, and much more.

 

 

How Do I Find a Green Gardener?

Click on the link that corresponds to your region to view the contact information and additional qualifications of certified Green Gardeners in your area. 

Salinas Valley
Monterey Peninsula Area
Pajaro Valley/North Monterey County
Santa Cruz Area

Download the Green Gardener Client Service Agreement in English or Spanish to ensure that your current or future landscape professional provides ecological landscape maintenance services!


California Landscape Contractors Association

The Monterey Bay Green Gardener Program is an affliliate member of the California Landscape Contractors Association, a non-profit trade
organization of licensed landscape and landscape-related contractors.

Ecology Action
This program is coordinated by Ecology Action
and funded by the State Water Resources Control Board.
California State Water Resources Control Board