Every day should be Earth Day. But....on my way home today I spotted this cool front yard in our neighborhood.
The homeowner, who happens to be an award winning designer featured on HGTV shows such as Curb Appeal and Landscape Smart, reused most materials for the project. She even broke up her old front walkway and remade it into a broken concrete wall.
Some plants were still in pots, so I'm assuming it's not 100% complete yet.
Sure is cool. We need to do something similar with our front yard. Our entire lawn is a weed patch and with this drought and Santa Clara Valley water doing mandatory water rationing, we may ditch getting a new lawn and just install native/drought tolerate plants too.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Earth Day: Eco Friendly Lawn in Silicon Valley
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That is such a great idea. Green and cuts on maintenance. Only in California... You're all always ahead of the curve.
I so want to have native landscaping. Unfortunately we're renting now, and my husband will always want one lawn for soccer. It seems like in our neighborhood it's either gravel or lawn, but there a few new projects going on that are very cool.
A celeb landscaper in your own neighborhood! I'm totally addicted to HGTV. I go through withdrawal if I can't watch it. What I especially love about this yard is the subtle, but very pretty, color of the natural stones. Looks like nature's sculptures.
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