Advanced Industrial Property Maintenance Strategies

All gardens will be judged by the public first ("American Idol"-design), who can see and vote online at from June 1 to July 1. Learn about the plants you currently have.

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Group plants according to water requirements. 2. Expand your plant combination. California-friendly plants can include and are not limited to ornamental turfs, bulbs, shrubs, locals, succulents and most plants from Mediterranean climates worldwide. 3. Take note of design. Not all drought-tolerant landscapes need to be dull as dirt. Let an imaginative design, and not necessarily the plants, take spotlight.

The judges will be looking for 3 inches at least. Install a weather-based timer that senses the moisture level in your soil and the air and integrates the info with understanding of your landscape to water only when your plants need it.

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Be your own wise timer. Learn to read your landscape, take a look at the soil and plants and consider the climate before you flip the water turn on. 7. Control overflow. Make sure a single drop never hits your driveway or the seamless gutter. 8. Check out permeable hardscape products such as pavers and gravel that filter water before it drips into the watershed.

Go natural. Give drier landscapes a great reputation by keeping your landscape pinched and pruned to perfection. Low water doesn't indicate low upkeep.