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Monthly Archives: December 2015

Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County

  • Community Foundation Cover Photo
    The community foundation demonstrates the ability to design an attractive landscape while maintaining values in water conservation and drought resilience.
  • Community Foundation Irrgation
    Drip irrigation allows for better precision with water management and can reduce water loss relative to sprinklers
  • Community Foundation Water Feature
    Rainfall drains into the permeable gravel allowing for more water to percolate into the soil.
  • Community Foundation Building
    The community foundation uses both drought tolerant trees and shrubs paired with mulch to reduce water loss from water hungry vegetation and evaporation from the soil.
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Live Oak Garden

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    Rainwater is stored in the cistern and pumped to the clothes washer to wash laundry. The laundry greywater is then used for landscape irrigation.
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