Highlights: This site is a guide designed to assist you in the proper selection of plant materials for parking lot shading, screening, and landscaping in general. To promote water conservation practices they have included a list of drought tolerant plants and low volume irrigation methods. A number of plants in this list can serve functional needs such as wind protection and erosion control. This guide also contains information regarding landscaping for fire protection, plant selection guidelines, maintenance, and treatment of burned hillsides.
Last updated on: November 26, 2008
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Highlights: Everything you need to know about gardening and landscaping. They offer tips and techniques on all types of projects. Watch their "how-to" videos.
Be sure to click on their "HOME" page to see other articles to help you with all types of "do-it-yourself" projects, i.e., home improvement, gardening, hobbies, woodworking, crafts, etc.
Highlights: I don't know about you, but I need all the help I can get when it comes to gardening. We just purchased Jerry Baker's Great Green book of "Garden Secrets." There are almost 350 pages of handy hints, timely tonics, and super solutions on how to turn your yard into a green garden paradise. Click on the above link (Jerry Baker) to visit this interesting site. Be sure to click on "Tips and Tonics" and "Archived Articles" under Resources on their home page. Learn how many of the products you already have in your home can help with all types of garden pests and problems. You may even want to purchase one of his books and/or products.
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* Annie's Amazing Nursery, Chosen 2003 “Plant Person of the Year” by the California Horticultural Society.
Rare, unusual annuals and perennial plants, including cottage garden heirlooms and hard to find California native wildflowers.
Highlights: This site gives valuable information on threatened and endangered species in California. Too quickly we tend forget, choose to ignore, or are just not aware of the danger we put on plants and animals into becoming extinct. Yes, some of which are right in your own back yard. Learn which plants and animals are on these lists and what you can do to help protect them.
