County of Santa Cruz Public Health Building

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.