Comparing Standard Versus Modern Maintenance Systems

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

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Group plants according to water requirements. 2. Expand your plant combination. California-friendly plants can include and are not restricted to decorative turfs, bulbs, shrubs, locals, succulents and a lot of plants from Mediterranean environments worldwide. 3. Take notice of style. Not all drought-tolerant landscapes need to be dull as dirt. Let an imaginative style, and not always the plants, take spotlight.

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 knowledge of your landscape to water only when your plants require it.

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Find out to read your landscape, look at the soil and plants and consider the environment before you turn the water switch on. Make sure a single drop never strikes your driveway or the rain gutter. Look into permeable hardscape items such as pavers and gravel that filter water before it trickles into the watershed.

Go organic. Enough said. 10. Give drier landscapes a great reputation by keeping your landscape pinched and pruned to perfection. Low water doesn't indicate low upkeep. Low upkeep doesn't indicate sloppy. or 714-796-5023.