Sustainable gardening
Save water
- Place plants with similar water needs together, and use drip irrigation
- Reduce lawn area
- Choose California native plants — there’s lots of help on the California Native Plant Society and UC California Gardening web sites
California lilac (Ceanothus)
Plant wisely
- Many plants available in the local nursery can invade our wild areas and crowd out native species: acacia trees, iceplant, pampas grass, cotoneaster, broom, foxglove, eucalyptus, vinca, calla lily, and more
- Cal-IPC’s “Don’t plant a pest!” program lists alternatives for some of the worst invaders
Scotch broom: DO NOT plant!
Avoid chemical “solutions” that may harm beneficial insects or you!
- Get help on ways to handle garden pests and diseases from the UC website
Help our oaks thrive for the next generation
- Never plant a lawn under an oak
- The California Oak Foundation has a brochure with an extensive list of plants you can use to landscape around oaks, and other information to keep oaks healthy
Live oak at Casa de Flores
