admin | March 31, 2009
notes from ::
A Visual Tour of
San Diego’s Sustainable Urban Landscapes
presented by
Marian Marum, ASLA
•Mediterranean habitats account for 8.5% of land in California, and comprises20%
of the Earth’s named vascular plant species
•Within a single day in this county, we can experience numerous ‘enviro-zones’
•Canyon habitats surround us with incredible natural beauty, despite the lack of rainfall [...]
admin | March 16, 2009
Many people say that when we dig ourselves out of the current economic mess, the world will look very different. But how will people adapt? Daniel Gross writes at Slate that “if the economy is going to recover, Americans need to start taking risks again.” Many of those risks involve careers that didn’t exist before. [...]
admin | March 13, 2009
Native plants “spring” to life in early winter during the winter rains, with flowering periods starting at that time and running throughout spring. As things heat up in the summer, some of the local natives, those that are not evergreen, go dormant, which some people consider a disadvantage.
In one sense, this opposition to natives [...]
admin | March 13, 2009
These are links from the talks at the Sustainable Urban Landscape Conference at Cuyamaca College, March 12-13. For an overview of sustainable landscaping, see “What is sustainable landscaping anyway?”
http://bewaterwise.com/
This Web site is developed and maintained by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
http://socalwatersmart.com/index.php
Effective July 1, 2008, SoCal Water$mart is a region-wide water efficiency rebate program [...]
admin | March 11, 2009
Virtually all the bungalows in Jennie and Chas Rightmyer’s Kensington neighborhood have well-tended lawns out front – part of the American dream, along with picket fences and two-car garages.
But increasingly dire warnings about statewide water shortages prompted the Rightmyers to remove their Bermuda grass. They are replacing it with a drought-tolerant garden that should be [...]