Design Guides
Easy-to-follow, do-it-yourself guides that explain how to apply tools like rain gardens, rain water harvesting, climate appropriate plants and more
Have you already joined the LRP and feel inspired to take steps now to build resilience at home, in your neighborhood, & throughout your watershed?
The Land Resilience Partnership provides free, downloadable design guides. The design guides include directions on how to design, install, and maintain local on-site tools that can help you build resilience and contribute to a healthier watershed.
View & Download Free Design Guides
Design guides are available in CA wide and County specific versions:
CA wide design guides are applicable across California
Regionally adapted versions include recommended plants that are appropriate to the place and use. So far, LRP has area specific guides for Ventura, Sonoma, and Tuolumne Counties.
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Mulching
Learn more about building healthy soils for yourself and your community
Rainwater Harvesting
Learn more about the process of harvesting rainwater
Rain Gardens
Learn more about building rain gardens for your landscapes
Greywater Laundry to Landscape
Learn more about greywater recycling systems from laundry to landscape
Curb Cuts
Learn how to slow, clean and infiltrate storm water with curb cuts
Bioswales
Learn how to slow, clean and infiltrate storm water with bioswales
Climate Appropriate Planting (CAP)
Learn more about choosing the right plants for your region and landscapes.
Pollinator Corridors
Learn more about the plants that support pollinator species.
