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California dreaming: An all-native garden in West Marin by Terremoto

When landscape designers Terremoto first walked the property of a 1959 ranch house in Inverness, they inherited a landscape ...
Los Angeles Times

Thanks to a $5,000 rebate and DIY skills, their L.A. yard has it all — except grass

Lexie Glass and her husband, Evan Hursley, tore out their lawns and created gardens that are drought-resistant, attractive to wildlife and beautiful. The couple began the process of replacing their ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Garden Mastery: California native grasses bring ‘natural’ into home landscapes

For many of us, the world we live in has become so complex and fast-paced that we seek out ways to relax and recharge. Perhaps, in response to this, one of the new trends in contemporary landscaping ...
Yahoo

13 showstopping California native plants that will bring riotous color to your garden

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Showy Penstemon add vibrancy to the Lincoln Heights California Native Plant Corridor. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) So ...
Bloomberg L.P.

MapLab: Uncovering the Native Landscape of Los Angeles

Cities are forever in transition. Modes of transportation come and go. Neighborhoods are razed and reconstructed. Entire industries rise and fall. Sometimes it helps to take the long view. A new ...
Fox 5 San Diego

Palm trees define the SoCal landscape, but it wasn’t always that way

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Palm trees are an iconic feature of the Southern California landscape, but most people may not know that the vast majority of them are actually not native to the region. Like ...