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    • How to overseed without wasting water

      Posted by Jamie Pricer on October 3, 2017

      You can save water and possibly money by skipping overseeding your lawn. Bermuda grass will stay alive in a dormant condition throughout the winter with occasional watering, according…


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    • Water Counts Academy

      Water Counts Academy – Enroll Now

      Posted by Jessyca Frederick on September 28, 2017

      CV WATER COUNTS, in partnership with the University of California, Riverside – Palm Desert Center, is accepting applications for the first class of the Water Counts Academy, beginning this November at…


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    • CVWD Water Awareness Tour

      How to sign up for popular CVWD tours

      Posted by Jamie Pricer on September 9, 2017

      Two tours offered by the Coachella Valley Water District in the fall have become so popular pre-registration is necessary. Both narrated bus tours start at 7 a.m. and leave…


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    • Condo complex slashes water bills after removing grass

      Posted by Jamie Pricer on August 1, 2017

      Increasing water rates led a Palm Desert condominium complex to tear out 16,000 square feet of street-side grass and replace it with desert-friendly plants, a new irrigation…


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    • CWVD increases incentives to remove your grass

      Posted by Jamie Pricer on July 9, 2017

      The Coachella Valley Water District has doubled its incentive to convert turf areas to desert friendly landscaping.


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    • Desert landscape conversion

      Cathedral City couple wins conservation award

      Posted by Jamie Pricer on July 9, 2017

      It took nine days for Gilbert and Vera Sanchez of Cathedral City to remove lawn from the front of their house and replace it with water-friendly gardening. Their new landscape…


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    Formed in the summer of 2005, the Desert Horticultural Society of Coachella Valley (DHSCV), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is a group of local professionals and residents from a variety of backgrounds, united in our interest to encourage and promote what many call desert landscaping in the Coachella Valley. More about us

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