Waterwise Gardening with Richard Restuccia | The Beet

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Epic Gardening

Education, Home & Garden, How To, Leisure

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Water-saving expert Richard Restuccia has one golden rule: Every time you water, you should be watering the same amount. The only thing that changes is the frequency. In this episode of the Beet Podcast, he joins Jacques to dive into smart, simple ways to conserve water in the garden and chats about his latest book, Waterwise Gardening. Tune in! This one's packed with practical tips and fresh inspiration. Connect with Richard Restuccia: Richard Restuccia is a green industry veteran with over 25 years of digging into smarter landscapes. Now Senior VP at Husqvarna, he’s passionate about helping people save water—he’s trained over 200,000 folks on how to do just that. A past winner of the Leadership in Landscape award, Richard also served on major Irrigation Association committees, bringing both expertise and energy to everything from policy to practical tips. Find more from Richard Restuccia on H2O Trends: https://h2otrends.com/about/ Learn more about water conservation from Richard’s new book: https://www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847846894/ Support The Beet: → Shop: https://growepic.co/shop → Seeds: https://growepic.co/botanicalinterests Learn More: → All Our Channels: https://growepic.co/youtube → Blog: https://growepic.co/blog → Podcast: https://growepic.co/podcasts → Discord: https://growepic.co/discord → Instagram: https://growepic.co/insta → TikTok: https://growepic.co/tiktok → Pinterest: https://growepic.co/pinterest → Twitter: https://growepic.co/twitter → Facebook: https://growepic.co/facebook → Facebook Group: https://growepic.co/fbgroup → Love our products? Become an Epic affiliate! https://growepic.co/3FjQXqV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.3	Every time you water, you should be watering the same amount.
1:06.1	The only thing that changes is the frequency.
1:09.3	I let people imagine a sponge, right? You fill that sponge up,
1:12.3	you pull it out of a bucket or under the sink, and all that water drips out for a while,
1:17.4	and then it just holds, and your sponge is at field capacity. So your soil, again, does the same thing.
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