RESOURCES
Recent Publications:
Resilient Landscapes: Easy and Attainable this Spring and Beyond – Sonoma County Gazette
Resilient Landscape Design by Mimi Enright
Fire Safe brochure (pdf)
A Guide to Sustainable Defensible Space tri-fold (English) (Spanish)
Firewise Landscape Choices (pdf) by Ellie Insley
Slideshows and videos from past presentations:
Resilient Landscaping Four-Part Series 2025 presentation slides
Resilient Landscaping Four-Part Series 2024 presentation slides
Winter Landscape Maintenance in the Defensible Space, November 15, 2022 (video English) (slides Spanish/English)
Gardening in the Defensible Space: Santa Rosa Area Communities, October 11, 2022 (video) (slides)
Gardening in the Defensible Space: Sonoma Valley Communities, September 27, 2022 (video) (slides)
Fall Landscape Maintenance in the Defensible Space, August 16, (video) (slides)
Gardening in the Defensible Space: Petaluma/South County, July 26, 2022 (video)
Gardening in the Defensible Space: Healdsburg/North County, June 28, 2022 (video)
Gardening in the Defensible Space: Healdsburg/North County, June 28, 2022 (pdf)
Beyond Defensible Space: A Deep Exploration into Wildland Fuel Management (video)
Beyond Defensible Space featuring Lightning Consultations, July 27, 2022 (video)
Defensible Space Assessment Training, May 26, 2022 (video)
Summer Landscape Maintenance in the Defensible Space, May 24, 2022 (video)
Upper Mark West, April 26, 2022 (video)
Upper Mark West, April 26, 2022 (pdf)
Cloverdale, November 10, 2021 (pdf)
Cloverdale, November 10, 2021 (video)
Safer West County, September 28, 2021 (pdf)
The Resilient Landscapes Coalition YouTube Channel with past presentations.
Videos about Defensible Space and Home Hardening:
Defensible Space and Resilient Landscaping Short Videos created by the Resilient Landscapes Coalition and produced by TOPO Collective
Zone Zero Video from the UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County
Embers and Vent Screens from Fire Safe Sonoma (Spanish)
Wildfire Preparedness from University of California Cooperative Extension
California State and Sonoma County Resources Regarding Defensible Space:
Defensible Space Zones-Zones 0,1, & 2: The Board of Forestry and Fire Protection
Summary of Zone 0 Draft Regulations, April 2026
Sonoma County Ordinance 13A: Abatement of Hazardous Vegetation and Combustible Material
State of California Public Resources (PRC) Code 4291 regarding Defensible Space
Sonoma County Wildfire Fuel Mapper
The Fire Hazard Severity Zone map for Sonoma County
Websites about Plants:
Calscape Native Plant Gardening Guide
Las Pilitas Nursery California Ecosystems
UC Marin Master Gardeners Gardening for Habitat
UC Garden Web: What is My Climate Zone?
PlantRight: Promoting Non-Invasive Plants
UC Sonoma Master Gardeners: Butterfly Plants
California Native Plant Society: Watering Native Plants
California Native Plant Society Journal: Fire and Native Plants
California Native Plant Society: Pruning Native Plants
Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour and Green Home Features Showcase
Landscapes and Habitat:
Homegrown National Park, a hub for the landscape habitat work of Professor Douglas Tallamy
Keeping Birds Safe from Outdoor Cats
Tending the Land for Fire Resilience in Sonoma County
Free Plans:
Habitat Corridor Project Free Plans
Sonoma County Living Learning Landscapes Free Plans