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The Natural Bridges Highschool garden installed two 4,000 gallon cisterns for collecting storm water. Overflow from the cisterns drains into permeable gravel.

Natural Bridges High School Garden gives students the opportunity to practice ecological principals outside of the classroom.

Our Monterey Bay Friendly Landscape sign at Natural Bridges High School

A variety of drought tolerant plants are used to conserve water white promoting biodiversity.

Various cisterns are placed across the property to help collect stormwater at different downspouts

Michael invests time and energy into his landscape and is well deserving of the Monterey Bay Friendly Landscape certification

The finished product of efforts from volunteers and the parks department

Sheet mulching allows for weed suppression while adding organic matter to the soil

The swale at work redirecting water from the sidewalk into the landscape

The curb cut allows storm water to enter the landscape from the sidewalk and defuse into the soil

Before the lose your lawn workshop the park was a water hungry blend of grasses

Four months after the Lose Your Lawn Workshop.

Worm composting system turns food scraps from student lunches into compost