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Corporate Timeline of Notable Projects
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California’s Own Native Landscape Design, Inc. was established in 1993 with incorporation in 2005.  Our customer base exceeds 700 clients, and we are well known as the pre-eminent native landscape design and build contractor
in San Diego county.  We are fully licensed and insured, with a staff of 14 employees.  Some notable recent projects include:

  • 2015 Awarded a multi-year grant by US Navy to study fire resistance in native landscapes.
  • 2015 Design/installation of Valley Lake median in El Cajon.
  • 2014 Design/installation of the Del Mar Thoroughbred racetrack infield remodel.
  • 2014 Design/installation of the High-Point native restoration garden for Leichtag/Ecke Ranch.
  • 2013 Designer of the award winning exhibit "California Fusion", an all- native Japanese Garden, for the San Diego Botanic Garden. Winner of 9 awards.
  • 2013 Design of 1.5 mile median strip for the City of Garden Grove.
  • 2013 Landscape design for 2 mile stretch of San Vicente Road in Ramona, County Public Works.
  • 2012 - Present Design of a 12.5 acre all-native landscape for Hilton Hotels in Oceanside.
  • 2011 Re-design of 3 acre Sycamore Creek residential green space for the City of Poway.
  • 2010-2011 Design and installation of a 2 acre residential green space restoration for Aviara community
    in Carlsbad.
  • 2007 Design and installation of the Lux Art Institute’s Native Landscape, winner of the 2008 ASLA Grand Orchid award for Design.


Institutions and Organizations where Greg Rubin has Presented
and/or Instructed
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  • 2015 California Native Plant Society Conservation Conference, San Jose
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Caltech
  • UCLA
  • University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program
  • Channel Island Native Landscaping Symposium
  • National Wildlife Federation
  • Cal State San Marcos
  • Cuyamaca, Mira Costa, Mesa, and Palomar colleges
  • Water Conservation Garden
  • Del Mar (now San Diego County) Fair
  • San Diego Spring Home and Garden Show
  • Cal Trans
  • San Diego Natural History Museum
  • Reuben H. Fleet Museum
  • San Diego Wild Animal Park
  • Pesticide Applicator’s Professional Association
  • California Landscape Contractor’s Association

 

Publications and Media
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  • Author of "The California Native Landscape: the Homeowner's Design Guide to Restoring its Beauty and Balance". Copyright 2013, Timber Press.
  • Wall Street Journal (3 times)
  • Sunset Magazine (3 times)
  • San Diego Home and Garden
  • Kiplinger’s
  • Pacific Horticulture
  • LA Times
  • San Diego Reader
  • SD Union Tribune (~9 times)
  • California Garden Magazine
  • Animal Planet - 2 episodes of "Backyard Habitat" in 2004
  • KPBS, San Diego