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Landscaping for Water Conservation in the Tualatin River Watershed

Additional Resources

“Rain Gardens:  Low Impact Development Fact Sheet,” Maria Cahill, Derek C. Goodwin, and Jenna H. Tilt. Oregon State University Extension Service.  EM 9207 June 2018.  https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/em9207/html

“Building a Rain Garden in the Pacific Northwest.”  April 2011.  This 32-minute video produced by WSU, College of Agriculture, Human and Natural Resource Sciences, provides steps to follow to site, design, construct, and maintain a rain garden.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kti4HJ45BM

“Porous Pavement: Low Impact Development Fact Sheet,” Maria Cahill, Derek C. Goodwin, and Jenna H. Tilt. Oregon State University Extension Service.  EM 9210 June 2018.  https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/em9210/html

“Vegetated Roofs: Low Impact Development Fact Sheet,” Maria Cahill, Derek C. Goodwin, and Jenna H. Tilt. Oregon State University Extension Service.  EM 9202 May 2018.  https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/em9202/html

“What you should know about rain barrels and water conservation if you live in the Portland metro area.” Regional Water Suppliers Consortium. 2021.  https://www.regionalh2o.org/water-conservation/outdoor-water-conservation/rain-barrels

“Soil:  The Dirty Secrets of a Living Landscape,” Gordon Jones and Scott Goode.  Oregon State University Extension Service.  EM 9304. December 2020.  https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/em9304/html

“Mulching Woody Ornamentals with Organic Materials,” Neil Bell, Dan M. Sullivan, and Tom Cook.  Oregon State University Extension Service.  EC 1629. March 2009, Reviewed December 2017.  https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/ec1629/html

The excellent Oregon Flora Project website provides a comprehensive guide to the vascular plants of Oregon.  https://oregonflora.org/

“Water Efficient Plants for the Willamette Valley.”  This brochure provides a guide to plants for water-efficient landscaping.  https://emswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Water-Efficient-plant-guide-small.pdf

“Weekly Watering Number.”  Follow the link to get your weekly watering number sent directly to you during our summer dry season.  https://www.regionalh2o.org/water-conservation/outdoor-water-conservation/weekly-watering-number

Learn about WaterSense products and water-efficient landscaping by linking to this EPA website:  https://www.epa.gov/watersense/outdoors

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