Enumclaw-based garden guru Marianne Binetti will offer “Mama Mia! Water Savings Ideas from Italy” during a public presentation Saturday.

She will speak from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Covington Water District, 18631 S.E. 300th Place in Kent. The free program is jointly sponsored by the CWA and Covington Water District.

Attendees will discover which Mediterranean plants succeed in our dry summers and wet winters. Plus, all will receive ideas for plant combinations and design strategies.

Space is limited, so anyone interested  in the Savvy Gardener class is urged to register immediately as www.cascadewater.org.

The Savvy Gardener classes are taught throughout the spring and fall by popular gardening experts like Binetti, Don Marshall and Peggy Campbell.  There are dozens of classes available throughout the region.  All classes are free of charge.

Binetti has a degree in horticulture from Washington State University and writes a syndicated gardening column that runs in more than a dozen newspapers each week including the Courier-Herald publications in Enumclaw and Bonney Lake. She has written or co-written 10 gardening books.