Smart Yards Education

Smart Yards Education is our sister non-profit organization dedicated to spreading permaculture education throughout the San Jose community in the form of hands-on, interactive workshops. Through partnership with Santa Clara Valley Water, Smart Yards Education is proud to announce an immersion experience, a training program with actual hands-on installations of water conservation systems and eco-gardens using the power and principles of Permaculture.

Learn rainstorm management, graywater installation, lawn conversion, effective irrigation systems, sheet mulching for soil amendment and conservation, compost system construction and more in the first of its kind hands-on permaculture skills training workshop. Click here to register for our 2024 program which starts in August!

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Smart Yards Education brings people together to raise awareness of the financial, environmental and aesthetic benefits of ecological and climate appropriate landscaping. We conduct workshops for homeowners and landscapers to teach permaculture design principles and provide step-by-step hands-on instruction of sustainable landscaping skills. We work with relevant community partners to ensure that people from all socio-economic groups have access to the workshops.

Group of people outdoors near a water fountain, with one woman using her hand to scoop water, others wearing wide-brimmed hats, and trees in the background.

Hands-On Education

A man standing and speaking to a seated group of people in a room, with some individuals taking notes and a whiteboard in the background.

Build Strong Communities

Group of six people, including men and women, standing around a cactus garden in a backyard. Some are holding tools, and one woman appears to be speaking.

Connect With Nature

Earth Month 2018

 
 

Highlights from Earth Month 2017