Achieving Peak Water Efficiency in Orange County

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

Pacific Green Landscape Maintenance

Group plants according to water needs. 2. Broaden your plant palette. California-friendly plants can include and are not restricted to ornamental turfs, bulbs, shrubs, natives, succulents and a lot of plants from Mediterranean environments worldwide. 3. Pay attention to style. Not all drought-tolerant landscapes need to be dull as dirt. Let an innovative design, 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 moisture level in your soil and the air and integrates the information with knowledge of your landscape to water only when your plants require it.

Pacific Green Landscape Maintenance

Discover to read your landscape, look at the soil and plants and consider the climate before you turn the water switch on. Make sure a single drop never hits your driveway or the rain gutter. Look into permeable hardscape products such as pavers and gravel that filter water before it drips into the watershed.

Go organic. Enough stated. 10. Give drier landscapes a good track record by keeping your landscape pinched and pruned to excellence. Low water does not mean low maintenance. Low upkeep doesn't imply sloppy. or 714-796-5023.