Clallam Conservation District is taking registrations for its popular annual Spring Natural Landscaping course.

The interactive course on sustainable landscaping includes three Thursday classes and three Saturday field trips. The first class will be from 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 9, at the Dungeness River Audubon Center, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road, Sequim.

Course participants learn how to perform a landscape site analyses and develop landscape designs appropriate for the ecological conditions of their property. The course focus is a naturalistic landscape style, with special emphasis on water conservation and low maintenance.

Course participants are coached through the steps necessary to prepare plans that lead to landscapes that save time and money while also enhancing wildlife habitat and biodiversity. The course is based on the basic permaculture principle of understanding and working with nature.

A $25 registration fee covers the cost of the book “Grow Your Own Native Landscape,” a binder of reference material and facility rental. For couples requesting one set of materials, the cost is $30. The deadline for registration is April 6, but early registration is encouraged to allow adequate time for preparation site maps for individual properties.

For more information and to register, contact Clallam Conservation District at 775-3747 ext. 5. The course syllabus and examples of class slide presentations are available for review at www.clallamcd.org/conservation-around-the-house/.