It is almost impossible to overestimate the importance of water for your garden – after all, water makes up 85 to 95 percent of the weight of living plants. In fact, plants use more water than anything else. Water carries nutrients from the soil to the plant cells, so plants that are kept at their [Continue]

Choose the best of our easy, customizable, irrigation systems to help your plants thrive and save water By Suzanne DeJohn Soak: Snip-n-Drip Drip: WaterWell Drip Irrigation Spray: WaterWell Micro Sprinklers Water is vital to plant health, but watering by hand can be a hassle. You have to drag hoses between gardens, move sprinklers around, or take the time to [Continue]

Choose the best of our easy, customizable, irrigation systems to help your plants thrive and save water. By Suzanne DeJohn Water is vital to plant health, but watering by hand can be a hassle. You have to drag hoses between gardens, move sprinklers around, or take the time to water each plant. Our innovative watering systems [Continue]

It is almost impossible to overestimate the importance of water for your garden – after all, water makes up 85 to 95 percent of the weight of living plants. In fact, plants use more water than anything else. Water carries nutrients from the soil to the plant cells, so plants that are kept at their [Continue]

Water is a renewable resource that is provided naturally through the earth’s water cycle, in the form of precipitation. While water is provided by nature, many of us rely on a complex network of pipes, pumps, equipment, and people provided by our community’s municipal water systems to safely deliver clean water to our taps, and remove [Continue]

Most of us have learned as children that plants help clean the air. One of the hazards of deforestation is air pollution. But did you know that plants also play a part in cleaning our water? As with air, plants that live on and in the water absorb carbon dioxide and expel oxygen. In aquatic [Continue]

Saving water in your landscape doesn’t have to be hard or time consuming. Many of the most effective things you can do to reduce your water bills and protect your community’s water supply are simple and easy. Here are a few suggestions that are either one-time investments in water-saving equipment that you can do or [Continue]

Saving water in the garden is just as important as in the home. Mulching, collecting rainwater and planting drought-resistant plants can help shrink your sprinkling Spraying around plants but leaving surrounding soil dry saves water and limits weed growth. Photograph: Alamy Photograph: Alamy Nigel Berman Fri 22 Aug 2014 12.00 BST 2 It’s important to save water [Continue]

When we garden, we also water. There’s no real way to grow plants without water — even the most drought-tolerant plants like agaves and cacti need water sometimes. And with many parts of the world experiencing regular drought conditions, it’s vitally important that we plan how to water our gardens while protecting this invaluable resource. [Continue]

They were right when they said water is life because it supports many of them. But hand-watering those lawns, gardens, and flower beds consumes time. For your garden, in particular, you have to decide the most convenient way to distribute water to your veggies. The solution is an irrigation system. The challenge lies in choosing one. Here [Continue]