I list (in alphabetical order by country, state, and city) some of my favorite plant nurseries & the beginnings of a list of seed suppliers for various regions by the state in which…
January 14, 2022
January 12, 2022
People see that dramatic positive change is possible when—after we implement water-harvesting plantings and restoration efforts—we post signs with photos documenting conditions before we planted regenerating abundance. Place the signs where the ‘before’…
January 9, 2022
You can grow tanks (and living pumps), rather than buy them, and they’ll have a lot more water-harvesting capacity. This video (filmed summer 2021) is about how living sponges (rain gardens) have far…
Brad Lancaster hosts this video about how in-street and street-side water-harvesting basins, or rain gardens, rehydrate our communities, grow shading/cooling vegetation, and control flooding. Thus the street runoff irrigates the street-side and in-street…
This video is about multi-use native plants self seeding, germinating , and thriving where we planted the rain. Typically, no supplemental irrigation is needed for these seedlings (the exception might be in an…
Brad Lancaster hosts this video about how you can plant your water-harvesting basins for FREE by transplanting volunteer seedlings of desired plants that come up with the rains. The idea is to maximize…
This video is about how you can vegetate your yard, neighborhood, school grounds, and more for FREE by planting seed of desired multi-use native plants after planting rain. If you do this at…
December 24, 2021
Kailash Ecovillage in Portland, Oregon has transformed their 2 acres to absorb all of the rain that falls on it with an edible landscape, in a way that they give more water to…
December 23, 2021
This video was shot in early summer 2021 coming out of the driest year on record with record heat, and finally got 1.7 inches (43 mm) of rain 7-2021. But almost everyone let…
December 3, 2021
A wonderful video about the work of City Repair in Portland, Oregon, reclaiming streets and other public spaces for life, community-building, creativity, and celebration.