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Surfrider partners with city to promote ocean-friendly gardens

People gather at a home on San Nicholas Street in Ventura on April 15 for an ocean-friendly gardening workshop organized by the Surfrider Foundation.

Photo by Troy Harvey, Ventura County Star

People gather at a home on San Nicholas Street in Ventura on April 15 for an ocean-friendly gardening workshop organized by the Surfrider Foundation.

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  • Ken Clench (right) gathers a soil sample during an ocean-friendly gardening workshop in Ventura.
  • Pamela Berstler (front center) of the G3 Green Gardens Group, talks about a soil sample during an ocean-friendly gardening workshop held April 15 in Ventura.
  • People gather at a home on San Nicholas Street in Ventura on April 15 for an ocean-friendly gardening workshop organized by the Surfrider Foundation.
  • Ken Clench digs a hole to test how quickly the soil can absorb water during an ocean-friendly gardening workshop in Ventura.
  • Bill Wakelee uses a penetrometer to test soil compaction during an ocean-friendly gardening workshop in Ventura.
  • Pamela Berstler (right) of the G3 Green Gardens Group, teaches students to evaluate a variety of plants during an ocean-friendly gardening workshop in Ventura.
  • Nora Paulson (left) gathers a soil sample during an ocean-friendly gardening workshop in Ventura.

To reduce flooding, prevent pollutants from streets washing into the ocean and to support the effort of homeowners to water with rainwater, the city of Ventura is partnering with the nonprofit Surfrider Foundation to promote 'ocean-friendly gardens.'

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