Download the Bay-Friendly Gardening Guide

Download a copy of Bay-Friendly Gardening: From Your Backyard to the Bay. This 70+ page how-to guide provides gardening tips, a design survey, profiles of East Bay gardens, and much more.

Complete Guide	Bay-Friendly Gardening Guide (5.13 mb)
Chapter 1:	Gardening for a Sense of Place
Chapter 2:	Into the Garden - Look Before You Leap
Chapter 3:	Gardening from the Ground Up
Chapter 4:	Gardening Day To Day and Through the Seasons
Chapter 5:	Gardening for the Birds and the Bees
Chapter 6:	If You Don't Own the Land
Chapter 7:	Resources
	Bay Friendly Design Questionnaire

Printed copies of the Guide are available free to Alameda County residents only. 
Out-of-county residents may order a Guide for $10.61 (includes tax and shipping) by calling 1-510-444-SOIL (1-510-444-7645).

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