This webinar will cover common insect pests in homes and gardens and how to control them.
Registration: Zoom registration required
Cost: Free
This webinar will cover common insect pests in homes and gardens and how to control them.
Registration: Zoom registration required
Cost: Free
Are pests bugging you? If pests are taking over there might be a good reason! Integrated Pest Management (IPM) offers effective techniques and less-toxic products for controlling common pests. IPM is a method of controlling indoor and outdoor pests using the least toxic methods available through a combination of mechanical, biological and chemical controls.
Check our Pest Control Fact Sheets for solutions to your pest problems. Most local hardware stores and nurseries carry less-toxic products. Click here for a printable list of participating stores, and Less-Toxic Product List for a list of less toxic pest control products.
When all else fails, Ask the Gardening Expert!
If you are thinking about hiring someone to maintain your lawn and garden, check out the Santa Clara Valley Green Gardener page. These landscape professionals have been trained on sustainable landscape practices and will maintain your garden without the use of toxic chemicals.
When hiring a professional pest control service, consider hiring an IPM Certified pest control company. IPM Certified practitioners employ a variety of common sense techniques to control pests effectively, minimizing the need to use pesticides. They can manage ants, roaches, flies, spiders, rodents, stinging insects, bed bugs and many other pests.
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When hiring a professional pest control service, consider hiring an IPM Certified pest control company. IPM Certified practitioners employ a variety of common sense techniques to control pests effectively, minimizing the need to use pesticides. They can manage ants, roaches, flies, spiders, rodents, stinging insects, bed bugs and many other pests.
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Chuột Cống và Chuột Nhắt (Vietnamese)
Cómo Encontrar Una Compañía (Español)
Pesticides and Water Pollution
Los Pesticidas y la Contaminación del Agua (Español)
Uso y Desecho de Pesticidas (Español)
Sử Dụng Và Tiêu Hủy (Vietnamese)
Pocket Guide for Choosing Less-Toxic Products
Ten Tips for Water-Wise Gardening
10 Most Wanted Bugs (Vietnamese)
A Good Bug Tub for Your Garden
Green Streets – an overview of watershed-friendly techniques for your yard and garden
Landscape Dispersion Fact Sheet
As part of a program called “Our Water Our World“, local Government Agencies have been partnering with retail stores to make less toxic products more available to consumers. To find a store in your area, click here.
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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a method of controlling indoor and outdoor pests using the least toxic methods available through a combination of controls including mechanical, biological and chemical.
Stores listed on this site have agreed to provide Fact Sheets and Shelf Talkers to make it easy for you to choose a non-toxic product. Products may vary from store to store. For your convenience, less-toxic products are identified with Shelf Talkers. These are little signs placed in front of a product to help you identify those that are non-toxic or less-toxic than their conventional counterparts. The product name will be listed in the white space.
Click Here for a printable PDF Store List. | Vietnamese PDF
Red = Summer Winds Nursery Stores
Yellow = Home Depot Stores
Green = Independent Nursery/Hardware Stores
Teal = ACE Hardware Stores
For specific questions about gardening products or pests, please visit the Our Water Our World web site and select the “Ask the Expert” tab.