Area residents can get answers to their most vexing landscaping questions and check out beautiful, low-water use plants at "Ask a Green Gardener Day" on Saturday, May 19.

May is “Water Awareness Month." To celebrate, the Regional Water Authority and local water providers are partnering with nurseries throughout the Sacramento region to host "Ask a Green Gardener Day."

Green Gardeners are landscape professionals that undergo an intensive, 10-week training course in sustainable, River-Friendly landscaping. They include maintenance professionals, contractors, designers, arborists and irrigation experts.

During this free event, visitors will have the opportunity to meet qualified Green Gardeners and ask questions about creating and maintaining landscapes that use resources--like water—more efficiently and with fewer chemicals for a healthier environment. Participating nurseries will have on display of beautiful, low-water use plants and Arboretum All Stars that look great and grow well in our climate with little or no water.

Nurseries participating in "Ask a Green Gardener Day" include:

Big Oak Nursery--10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
www.bigoaknursery.com
10071 Grant Line Road
Elk Grove, CA 95624

Bushnell Gardens Nursery--10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
www.bushnellgardens.com
5420 Douglas Blvd., Ste. A
Granite Bay, CA 95746

Fair Oaks Boulevard Nursery--10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
www.fairoaksblvdnursery.com
4681 Fair Oaks Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95864

Front Yard Nursery--10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
www.frontyardnursery.com
5801 Mother Lode Drive
Placerville, CA 95667

The Flower Farm--10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
http://www.flowerfarminn.com/
4150 Auburn Folsom Road
Loomis, CA 95650

Green Acres Nursery & Supply--10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
http://www.idiggreenacres.com/

901 Galleria Blvd.
Roseville, CA 95678
(916) 782-2273

8501 Jackson Rd. (corner of Florin Perkins)
Sacramento, CA 95826
(916) 381-1625

205 Serpa Way
Folsom, CA 95630

UC Davis Arboretum--9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
http://arboretum.ucdavis.edu
920 Garrod Drive
Davis, CA 95616

Learn more about "Ask a Green Gardener Day," find a list of Green Gardeners and take the Blue Thumb pledge to use water efficiently outdoors at www.BeWaterSmart.info.