To encourage customers to reduce outdoor water use, Vallecitos participates in a regional WaterSmart Landscape Contest to award customers whose yards exhibit the beauty of California-friendly, low-water gardening. Vallecitos' first place winner receives a $250 gift certificate to a local nursery and recognition at a Vallecitos Board meeting. Second and third place winners also earn gift certificates (in lesser amounts).  If you're proud of your water-wise yard, we encourage you to enter next year's contest.

At a recent Board of Directors meeting, Vallecitos' 2025 WaterSmart Landscape Contest winners were honored for their water-wise makeovers.

Congratulations to our 2025 winners:

Third Place – Susan Haskell
Second Place – Kelly Ellingson
First Place – Tom & Georgia Shultz

Read more about their garden transformations on the Water News Network or watch this video to see their landscape transformation in action.