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 handouts Hands-on Class Activity
HOW TO PLANT CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS Combination of clay soil, plus Watering when it’s warm Can foster crown and root rots
http://erec.ifas.ufl.edu/tomato-scouting- http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail. guide/diseases/fulsarium-crown- cfm?imgnum=1371017 rot.shtml Potential Problems Woolly Blue Curls Cleveland Sage Natives Susceptible to Rots Berms
Add Compost Adds drainage Aggregates the clay particles Holds more water
Fine Gardening Article “Improving Clay Soils” Water plants well BEFORE planting Planting technique See Yerba Buena Nursery – “Garden Guides”
Amelanchier alnifolia Serviceberry
Aralia californica* Elk Clover
Arctostaphylos bakeri 'Louis Edmunds'** Serpentine Manzanita
Arctostaphylos 'Dr Hurd'** Dr. Hurd's Manzanita
Arctostaphylos edmundsii 'Carmel Sur'** Carmel Sur Manzanita
Arctostaphylos 'Green Supreme'** Green Supreme Manzanita
Arctostaphylos densiflora 'Howard McMinn'** McMinn's Manzanita
Arctostaphylos densiflora 'Sentinel'** Sentinel Manzanita
Aristolochia californica Dutchman's Pipevine
Artemisia douglasiana* Mugwort Clay-Tolerant Species Budgeting Costs Assume 1,200 square feet of garden Cost using professionals $15-22 per square foot or $18,000 - 26,000 ~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
James Residence Before
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Case Study – East San Jose
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After Drought tolerant landscapes – Case study bird sanctuary
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Pondless waterfall on timer for birds
Drought-tolerant landscape Case study lawn replacement
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After: 18 species of native plants
Drought-tolerant landscapes Case study front yard
Beach Strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis Laundry to Landscape Before circa 1994 Before circa 2007
Go to: CNPS-SCV.ORG for videos of: What to do in your Garden by Peigi Duvall How to Design your Garden by Deva Luna Go to: sustainable-landscape.com, under “Articles and News” for: 27 pages of sample designs List of low- and very-low water natve plants List of lawn alternatives and sheeting mulching detail Pdf of this presentation Handouts of Class exercises
RESOURCES 348 CNPS-SCV MEMBERS ONLY NURSERY SALES DAYS Wednesdays, June 6, 11 am – 2 pm Check 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. 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 Native Revival, mail order only Bay Natives, San Francisco Native Here, Berkeley East Bay Wilds, Oakland Summerwinds Nurseries – look for native section Complete list for California: http://www.calscape.org/plant_nursery.php Slides of this presentation are available on the website: www.sustainable-landscape.com under Articles and News
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