Enhancing Drought-Resistant Design

All gardens will be evaluated by the public first ("American Idol"-design), who can see and vote online at from June 1 to July 1. Finalists will then be chosen by a panel of judges. Find contest details, guidelines and application information at . 1. Learn more about the plants you already have.

Pacific Green Landscape Maintenance

Group plants according to water requirements. California-friendly plants can consist of and are not restricted to ornamental turfs, bulbs, shrubs, natives, succulents and many plants from Mediterranean environments worldwide. Let a creative design, and not always the plants, take center phase.

The judges will be looking for 3 inches at least. Set up a weather-based timer that senses the wetness level in your soil and the air and combines the information with understanding of your landscape to water only when your plants require it.

Pacific Green Landscape Maintenance

Be your own smart timer. Learn to read your landscape, take a look at the soil and plants and think about the environment before you turn the water turn on. 7. Control overflow. Ensure a single drop never ever strikes your driveway or the seamless gutter. 8. Check out permeable hardscape products such as pavers and gravel that filter water before it trickles into the watershed.

Go natural. Enough said. 10. Give drier landscapes an excellent credibility by keeping your landscape pinched and pruned to excellence. Low water does not imply low maintenance. Low upkeep does not imply careless. or 714-796-5023.