Advanced Commercial Real Estate Maintenance Strategies

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

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Group plants according to water needs. 2. Broaden your plant scheme. California-friendly plants can include and are not limited to ornamental grasses, bulbs, shrubs, locals, succulents and the majority of plants from Mediterranean climates worldwide. 3. Pay attention to style. Not all drought-tolerant landscapes need to be dull as dirt. Let an imaginative style, and not always 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 combines the information with understanding of your landscape to water only when your plants require it.

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Be your own wise timer. Discover to read your landscape, take a look at the soil and plants and think about the environment before you flip the water switch on. 7. Control overflow. Make certain a single drop never hits your driveway or the seamless gutter. 8. Look into permeable hardscape products such as pavers and gravel that filter water before it trickles into the watershed.

Go natural. Enough said. 10. Provide drier landscapes a good track record by keeping your landscape pinched and pruned to perfection. Low water does not mean low maintenance. Low upkeep doesn't indicate sloppy. or 714-796-5023.