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From a lawn to a native landscape... complete with a sitting area and a functional dry streambed. Chaparral, grassland, and desert are represented. |
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A peaceful place to sit in a Wildomar garden. | A nice overall view of the Wildomar backyard. | |
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A beautiful sitting area in a Fallbrook desert garden. | Children have a place in the garden. | |
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Organic mulch is not used in a desert garden, only rocks boulders, and decomposed granite. | Mediterranean plants were used to create a transition from the citrus and red apple to the desert garden. | |
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This four year old native chaparral garden was created from one gallon plants. The cottonwood is a 3 year old seedling! In just a few years, this access path has been turned into a country lane. | Foliar and flower color were used to make a statement at the entrance to this native chaparral garden near Valley Center. | |
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Yes, men will be boys! The same owner created an all native outdoor garden railroad with great detail. | In case you feel compelled to add soil amendments to your native landscape, realize that this entire planting sits on a pile of pure decomposed granite. No organic matter or fertilizer was added. | |
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Our customers get the most from their landscapes! The owner has set up a teepee so the kids (and grownups) can go camping on the property. | Bigfoot has been sighted in San Diego!!! | |
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This mediterranean and native garden accents the swimming pool overlooking Bonsall. | The swimming pool disappears over the edge of this garden in Bonsall. | |
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Outdoor living at its finest! | This mediterranean herb and rose garden overlooks a lavendar field and specialty olives. | |
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A native woodland shade garden in Bonsall. | This curving stone staircase entry highlights an unirrigated native landscape in Vista. | |
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The front entry of this Vista garden emphasizes the contrasting color of Artemesia. | Herbs, a lawn, and a vegetable garden were planted in the higher water zone of this Vista garden. The rest of the area is all native. | |
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Bird baths are an essential part of the native habitat garden, as well as foraging, nesting, and shelter plants. Plant water loving wild roses to discourage cats. | Below the lawn we used moisture loving plants like native dogwood, roses, and Yerba Buena. This is a good combination to attract wildlife... even Bigfoot! | |
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This island chaparral demonstrates the lushness of California natives. Creating an evergreen backbone to a native garden keeps it looking fresh and green all year while minimizing maintenance. | A narrow driveway in Escondido, planted in oak woodland, lends color and texture while providing a visual screen from the neighbor. | |
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Spiraling stone staircases were constructed to give this owner access to a year-round stream on the property. | A flagstone path casually winds through this Escondido woodland garden, overlooking a year-round stream. | |
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Varying types of creeping thyme make a fragrant groundcover between flagstones. It is low growing and undemanding. | Let's go back to the days before weeds! All the weeds were replaced with flowering native perennials for summer color in this interpretation of a streamside woodland restoration, complete with a bridge. | |
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The entry to this Poway home passes over a stream and pond surrounded by native woodland plants. | This is a close up of the water feature in the entry. | |
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A stone pathway planted in thyme leads to a vegetable garden and a chaparral restoration area in Poway. | I like whimsical, playful touches in the garden. Ah, to be serenaded by Mariachi frogs! | |
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This is a coastal sage scrub and chaparral restoration over a leach-field. | We placed these giant boulders with a huge excavator, creating terraces for a citrus and Mediterranean garden. We operate all types of machinery. | |
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Yes, we even do lawns. We model them ecologically as a fresh-water marsh and surround them with appropriate plants, often unirrigated. | This is a mountain chaparral garden. It is designed after something one might see in Julian or Idyllwild with lots of manzanita and wild lilac. | |
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A boardwalk winds past redwoods towards a childrens play area. Note the use of fire-resistant Baccharis 'Pigeon Point' on the slope. | Another view of the back slope and boardwalk, as seen from the middle of the freshwater marsh, also known as a lawn. | |
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The trees and shrubs around this backyard pool in Poway are less than five years old. | Bigfoot kicking back in a wooded sitting area, soon to be the site of a gazebo. | |
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With no soil amendments or fertilizer, this sub-graded decomposed granite pad was transformed into a woodland garden in less than 5 years from one gallon plants. | An inviting decomposed granite path winds its way through this native Poway garden. | |
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A statue depicting a young Indian girl walking out of the woods with an extinct Arizona parrot on her hand is a stunning feature in this courtyard garden. | This overall view from the back slope highlights the childrens play area on the right. |
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