Water Wise Gardening – Lawn Transformation and native drought tolerant plants with Taylor Lewis
Flower Power Garden Hour
English - May 04, 2018 19:04 - 51 minutes - 117 MB - ★★★★★ - 168 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Leisure antiques botany conservation crafts diy education flower flowers fruit garden Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Taylor Lewis, UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery Manager, discusses water-wise, drought tolerant, California native gardening. Removing a lawn can be back-breaking…..Taylor shares his detailed methodology for transforming a lawn into a water-wise garden, with minimal intense physical labor. Taylor’s method makes lawn removal a much less daunting task. Additionally discussed is maintenance of soil after lawn transformation, low water usage irrigation types and technique, and ideal plants & flowers for water-wise gardening. Marlene loves Mediterranean gardening for this purpose.
For a comprehensive list of high performing, low water usage plants, check out the UC Davis Arboretum “Arboretum All-Stars” list. They’ve been compiling this list for over a decade.
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