 Unbelievable! This is outrageous! Hi everyone, I'm Alicia Anderson and welcome to the Fort Report. I was just looking over my water bill and obviously I need to cut back on my water use. Let's see. I do like to refill my water bed with fresh water every week. Maybe I can stretch that out a little longer and maybe I can start using chlorine in my swimming pool instead of just changing out the water in between swims. I don't know. I don't know what to do. If only there were some free water saving seminars I could go to. Our water saving seminars are seminars that are held every first Thursday of the month from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Botanic Gardens in the Iris Room. And the water conservation seminars are a great way for residents to learn more about how to save water in their garden, anything from native plants to how to install drip irrigation. The water saving seminars are featuring experts from Water University that's in Dallas AgriLife's system. The water saving seminars are also a great opportunity for residents to ask the experts about how to use plants in their garden, what type of mulch they should use or how to compost. And those are all great ways to save water in your home. Water conservation is extremely important in Fort Worth. Here in Texas we use about 35 to 45% of the water in our homes outside on the yard. So that's a lot of water that we're just putting outside on the yard and we're not really getting any benefit from it if we're not irrigating properly. Stop by the perennial garden to view an example of native Texas plants so you can get inspiration for a water saving garden. They have all different types of perennial plants that will come back every single year. There are a lot of plants that are shade tolerant here in the garden. There are also some that are great for full sun. Pre-register for free water saving seminars at savefortworthwater.org. Here's a look at other events happening in and around Fort Worth in the next few weeks. For a listing of more events and city meetings, you always can check the calendar at the city's website.