Garden Resources

The Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) invites you to find information on how to design and install a water-wise garden, irrigation methods and equipment that will help you to water your landscape more efficiently, and suggestions on how to easily and effectively maintain your garden. If you have a particular subject in mind, go ahead and find the topic in the following table of contents and just click.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
GETTING STARTED	IRRIGATION
Introduction	Introduction to Irrigation
Garden Tours	Plant Water Needs
Garden Gallery	Before You Design
Plants	Smart Controllers
My List	Types of Irrigation Systems Overhead Spray Systems Drip Systems DIY Conversions to Drip or High Efficiency Nozzles
Watering Guide	Eliminating Run-off and Overspray
	Irrigation Maintenance
DESIGN	MAINTENANCE
Introduction to Design	Maintaining Your Garden
Questionnaire	Mulch
Principles of Design
Creating the Design
Drainage
Plant Design
Installing the Garden
Working With Professionals