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WOW what a rainy March! Those spring showers will bring on the flowers for the upcoming garden tours in the East Bay, Marin, and San Francisco! Some tours seek friendly volunteers to help greet visitors.
Our monthly Spring & Summer Landscape Watering Classes start this month.
Learn more about the bees and how you can help them at a free talk in Tiburon and a movie screening in Berkeley.
The BluLock buy-one-roll get-one-free coupon will help get you started with an amazing, greener, easier alternative to PVC pipe. Call on us anytime for technical support and your favorite irrigation and landscape products.
Thanks for being our customer!
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Innovative BluLock Revolutionizes Irrigation Installation
Try it, you'll like it!
 Working in a sprinkler trench is tough enough- don't make it harder by using traditional pipe fitting methods that require hot, toxic glue, clamps, or frustrating barbed fittings. Now there's a better way: Blu-Lock. Try Blu-Lock with our special offer! Practice your first connections with a free trial sample pack
of fittings-ask for yours at the store while supply lasts.
Blu Lock is easier & more profitable - It installs faster than PVC piping
- Easier to transport and layout
- No slowing down to prime and glue fittings, just push and go.
- Saves over $1.00 per head in parts and about 1/2 hour per 6 sprinkler zone in labor
- Makes for easy retrofit to existing systems
- More flexible and in rolls, fewer fittings with fewer problems with obstructions in trenches.
Blu-lock is Greener
- No chemical released in installation, no chemicals on hands or clothes
- HDPE (high density polyethylene) is preferable to PVC (PolyVinyl Chloride)
- Does not contain nor is manufactured using the following toxins: Dioxin, ethylene dichloride, and vinyl chloride which have the potential for causing a number of health problems.
- Blu-lock can be used for potable water systems.
Buy one roll of Blu-lock tubing and get one free
Buy one roll of 100' 1/2", 3/4" or 1" tubing and get a second roll free
Limit 2 free rolls per customer, while supplies last. You must download and print the coupon. Offer expires May 31, 2011. Download the coupon |
Four Spectacular Spring Garden Tours!
SF & East Bay Natives, Marin & Noe Valley Showcase sustainable plants, eco-friendly practices & secret gardens
 San Francisco Native Plant Garden Tour-Sunday, April 10. No registration required, free & self-paced, visit anytime 11am to 3 pm. Visit the website for more information. Volunteers needed.
East Bay Bring Back the Natives-Saturday & Sunday, April 30 & May 1. Alameda and Contra Costa's free self-drive tour dates:Registration by April 22 is required. A native plant sale extravaganza also takes place throughout the weekend. For more information, contact Kathy@KathyKramerConsulting.net.
Marin Eco-Friendly Garden Tour-Volunteer opportunities available!
Saturday May 14. Purchase tickets now. Over 20 gardens throughout Marin County need volunteers who can greet customers, take donations etc. working one of two half day shifts: 9:30-1:00 or 1:00-4:30. Each volunteer will receive a t-shirt and one free ticket, which will give you the opportunity to visit other gardens with someone after or before your shift. If you are interested in helping this year please contact Wendy: wmenara@marinwater.org or by phone at (415) 945-1521.
Noe Valley Garden Tour-A glimpse into 8 secret gardens
Saturday, May 21 10am-3pm- Tickets go on sale May 1 at The Urban Farmer Store & other businesses. The tour is produced by the Friends of Noe Valley-proceeds benefit a beautification project. More information in our May newsletter.
Mark your calendars now!
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Making Every Drop Count Free April Classes at the Urban Farmer Store
Learn what's new & build your water efficiency knowledge
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Join us for an introduction to water-saving sprinkler head retrofits and drip irrigation solutions.
Learn about system automation with valves, timers, rain sensors and the new smart self-adjusting controllers. This class will teach you how to plan your
own efficient irrigation system.
This new technology can help us conserve more than half of the water we use in the landscape! Mill Valley Classes are held at the Mill Valley Community Center. San Francisco and Richmond classes are held at the store.
Register now for all dates: Mill Valley April 12, San Francisco April 16, Richmond April 17
Download a printable PDF schedule to share with a friend.
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FREE Electrical Troubleshooting Guide from Regency Wire
Download copies of our free problem-solver guide
 Even with the most advanced irrigation installations, there will be times where controllers, system wiring or valves can fail to operate, causing water not to flow to the sprinkler heads.
Thanks to Regency Wire, we're offering a free PDF article that covers the steps to troubleshooting common electrical problems in irrigation systems.
Click the link to read the article. Print a copy to carry with you!
PDF Article - Irrigation Troubleshooting Simplified
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Marin Master Gardeners
Create Pollinator-Friendly Habitat Gardens
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Gretchen LeBuhn, associate professor of biology at San Francisco State University, will discuss flowers that attract native bees and honeybees and how to create a pollinator-friendly garden. LeBuhn is director of the Great Sunflower Project, which has recruited citizen scientists across the U.S. and Canada to monitor bee visits in their own backyards
When: Wed, April 6, 2011 10 AM
Location: Landmarks Art & Garden Center, 841 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon. Free and open to the public.
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What are the bees telling us?
Queen of the Sun movie screenings scheduled in Berkeley April 8-14
Queen of The Sun examines the global bee crisis through the eyes of biodynamic beekeepers, scientists, farmers, and philosophers. On a pilgrimage around the
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world, 10,000 years of beekeeping is unveiled, highlighting how our historic and sacred relationship with bees has been lost due to highly mechanized industrial practices. Featuring Michael Pollan, Vandana Shiva, Gunther Hauk and beekeepers around the world, Queen of The Sun weaves a dramatic story which uncovers the problems and solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature. Watch the trailer. |
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Our Store Locations:
San Francisco:
2833 Vicente Street
San Francisco, CA 94116
Phone: (415) 661-2204
Fax: (415) 661-7826
Marin:
653
East Blithedale
Mill Valley, CA
94941
Phone: (415) 380-3840
Fax: (415) 380-3848
Richmond:
2121 San Joaquin
Street
Richmond, CA
94804
Phone: (510) 524-1604
Fax: (510) 524-9797
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