Home Owners

A Virginian’s Year-Round Guide to Yard Care

HR WET’s Water Wise Landscaping and Watering Guide

Chesapeake Club Campaign
An innovative awareness campaign urging homeowners to do their part to help local rivers and streams that flow into the Chesapeake Bay launchedin Richmond and Hampton Roads on Monday, March 5th. The “Chesapeake Club” campaign focuses on the connection between individual lawn care and the health of local rivers and streams. The campaign uses humor to encourage homeowners to help the health of the Chesapeake Bay and local streams and rivers by paying attention to fertilizer use, specifically encouraging them to fertilize only in the fall.

For more information about the Chesapeake Club Campaign, including sample ads and a list of local restaurants and lawn care providers supporting the effort, visit www.chesapeakeclub.org.

Healty Lawns Healthy Families
Learn how to use natural alternatives when caring for your lawn.

BayScaping
BayScapes are environmentally-sound landscapes benefiting people, wildlife, and the Chesapeake Bay. BayScaping advocates a "holistic" approach to landscaping through principles inspired by relationships in the natural environment.

Natural Resources Conservation Service's Backyard Conservation Program
This program shows you how conservation practices that are used on agricultural land across the country to conserve and improve natural resources can be adapted for use on the land around your home. These practices help the environment and can make your yard more attractive and enjoyable.