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Include Water
As a focal point To attract wildlife To screen unpleasant other noises
Next Add Perennials for Color
Add along walkways Near entrances Possibly along side walks Near the driveway Use strong colors for full sun Use pastels for shady areas
BEFORE
Common Mistakes with a Planting Plan
One of everything Overplanting Focusing solely on flowers, not on shades of
green, form and texture Wrong plant, wrong place Mixing water needs within one hydrozone Not maintaining the garden
From Video How to Design Your Conceptual Plan by Deva Luna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT94Md27br8
How to Visualize Your Planting Plan
Create a model from paper Use your concept plan and add paper plants to
create a plan See the next slides OR Use tiny photos to position on your planting
plan
Hands-on Class Activity
Budgeting
Costs Assume 1,200 square feet of garden Cost using professionals $15-35 per square
foot or $18,000 - 42,000 ~1/3 materials, 2/3 labor Doing it yourself may cost $5-7 per square
foot 1,200 square feet would be ~$6,000 – 8,000
1,200 square feet 20 feet deep by 60 feet wide front garden Plants $12/ one gallon retail, $35 for five gallon,
$100 for 15 gallon 60 plants * $12 = $720 Mulch Premium arbor $32/ cubic yard, you’ll need 11
cu yds = $352 Rent a sod cutter Stepping stones, gravel path, decomposed granite
path, etc. Boulders Fountain/ bird bath
How to Save $ You provide the labor Buy 4-inch or one-gallon plants Grow plants from seed or cutting (see cutting
and seed exchange in October) Sheet mulch instead of removing the lawn Use FREE arbor chips from tree service Shred leaves to use as mulch Use recycled newspaper Get a rebates from the water district and city =
$1,200-2,400
CASE STUDIES
Falling Leaf before
Laundry to Landscape
JAMES RESIDENCE BEFORE
After
Before
Case Study – East San Jose
Before
After
Drought tolerant landscapes –Case study bird sanctuary
Pondless waterfall on timer for birds
Before
Before
Drought-tolerant landscape Case study lawn replacement
After: 18 species of native plants
Drought-tolerant landscapesCase study front yard
Beach Strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
Laundry to Landscape
Before circa 1994
Before circa 2007
RESOURCES
Go to: YouTube CNPS-SCV site for videos of: What to do in your Garden by Peigi DuvallHow to Design your Garden by Deva Luna
Go to: sustainable-landscape.com, under “Articles and News” for:27 pages of sample designsPdf of this presentationHandouts of Class exercises
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Bay Area Native Nurseries Local CNPS chapter sales at Hidden Villa in Los
Altos Hills, 1 x per year for non-members, monthly for chapter members
Yerba Buena Nursery, Half Moon Bay Annie’s Annuals, Richmond or online Bay Natives, San Francisco Native Here, Berkeley East Bay Wilds, Oakland Summerwinds Nurseries – look for the native section,
San Antonio site especially good
CNPS-SCV MEMBERS ONLYNURSERY SALES DAYS
Wednesdays, April 17, 11 am – 2 pmCheck cnps-scv.org website to confirm!
The Santa Clara Valley Chapter of CNPS maintains a native plant nursery on the grounds of Hidden Villa Ranch in Los Altos Hills where it grows a variety of native plants suitable for local gardens. The proceeds support chapter activities. The nursery is now open for sales to members one day a month (except during the summer), in addition to our Fall Sale which is open to the general public. The monthly Member sale days coincide with nursery work hours when volunteers will be able to help you with plant selections, becoming a member, and renewing your CNPS membership.
THANK YOU!
Slides of this presentation are available on the website: www.sustainable-landscape.com under Articles and News