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122 Grant Street Santa Curz

  • Cover Photo
    A variety of drought tolerant plants are used to conserve water white promoting biodiversity.
  • Storm Water
    Various cisterns are placed across the property to help collect stormwater at different downspouts
  • Green Gardener
    Michael invests time and energy into his landscape and is well deserving of the Monterey Bay Friendly Landscape certification

County of Santa Cruz Public Health Building

  • After Workshop Full Landscape
    The finished product of efforts from volunteers and the parks department
  • After Workshop Sideview
    Sheet mulching allows for weed suppression while adding organic matter to the soil
  • After Workshop Swale 2
    The swale at work redirecting water from the sidewalk into the landscape
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    The curb cut allows storm water to enter the landscape from the sidewalk and defuse into the soil
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    Before the lose your lawn workshop the park was a water hungry blend of grasses
  • Emeline MBFL photo
    Four months after the Lose Your Lawn Workshop.

Santa Cruz City Hall Public Works Courtyard

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    A roof downspout was diverted into a rain garden, planted with Acorus gramineus "Golden Edge", a sedge that can tolerate periods of inundation.
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    480 square feet of roof collection surface diverts 540 gallons of rainwater to the rain garden during an average 2" storm.
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    After the rain garden is graded, cardboard layer is placed to block weeds. 3" of Vision Recycling's Organic Soil Amendment was used in the rain garden. 4" of Natural Wood Chip mulch was used elsewhere in the landscape.
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    B-flute cardboard layer is stapled down and overlapped 8". A minimum of 4" of wood chip mulch goes on top.
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    Plant selection includes Cornus stolonifera (Hedgerows Gold Dogwood), Mimulus cardinalis ('Ruby Slippers' Monkey Flower), Iris douglasia (Pacific Coast Iris), Achillia filipendulina, and Aquiegia formosa nana
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    Lawn before rennovation. The downspout was formerly directed to the City storm drain system, which experiences nuisance flooding downstream of City Hall.
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    Lawn before renovation
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    8 months after installation - East lawn area matches design theme of west lawn
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    8 months after installation the landscape is filling in
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    8 months after installation - View of downspout disconnection into rain garden.
  • Climate Victory Garden

Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History

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    Section of landscape area
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    Rain garden
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    Coastal California Plants
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    Coastal California Plants
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    Drip irrigation for plant establishment
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    Pre-Construction
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    Pre-Construction