The Desert Horticultural Society of Coachella Valley hosted their 14th Annual Desert Garden Community Day on October 26. This free event was held at UCR Palm Desert, in collaboration with UCR and UC Master Gardeners, and featured clinics, demonstrations, exhibits, the UCCE Master Gardener Plant Sale, kids activities, food and more.

CV Water Counts provided three clinics: (1) Ditch Your Lawn, with Katie Barrows of the California Native Plant Society, Riverside – San Bernardino Chapter, and Berlinda Blackburn from Coachella Water Authority (CWA); (2) Irrigation Tune-up Clinic with Jason Lucas from Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD); and (3) Water Counts Academy: How To Get In and What You’ll Learn, with Ashley Metzger from Desert Water Agency (DWA). Hunter|Johnsen handled the promotion for the CV Water Counts clinics, including public relations, social media, digital campaign, e-Newsletter, and collateral materials for the Display booth.