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Replace Your Lawn Four Part Series

Wednesday, 06 January 2010 00:00 Tree of Life Nursery

Replace Your Lawn!

Carlsbad Native Garden, Design by Dave Buchanon

Back by popular demand, we are presenting our RYL workshop series in a special four part installment about the basics of converting your ecologically taxing and expensive lawn into a beautiful, carefree, sustainable habitat. The Replace Your Lawn workshops will run on Saturdays in February at 10 AM.

All of these workshops are FREE of charge and each session lasts about an hour and a half, (depending on questions!). Hopefully you will be able to attend each of the sessions at least once. No reservations are required.

Replace Your Lawn I: Kill Your Grass! - Saturday, February 6, 10:00 AM
Step one - get rid of it! This may be more involved than you would expect and the methods to get rid of a lawn are quite varied. You must identify the type of turf you have, research methods for removal, and then select the method appropriate for the season, your grass type, your work schedule and your budget. The future success of your new planting will depend on your successful removal of the existing turf.

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Encinitas Gdn Replace Your Lawn II: Creating and Caring Your Native Garden
Saturday, February 13, 10:00 AM
Plan your landscape carefully before planting. Come learn how to choose a theme, and plan your garden for success with sound horticultural practices and an introduction to plant selection. Mike Evans will share from our booklet, "Creating and Caring for your Native Garden", that you can download here. Learn how to create a thriving native garden.

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Replace Your Lawn III: Design Elements
Saturday, Feb 20, 10:00 AM
Once you have removed, or reduced, the size of your lawn, it’s time to plant – right? Not necessarily. Thoughtful landscape design will save you time, money, and effort. Pat Overby will teach how to apply basic design principles to your native garden.

Replace Your Lawn IV: Plant Selection, Thirty Plants
Saturday, February 27, 10:00 AM
After you have determined the look and feel you wish to achieve in your garden, the fun begins – plant selection! We will present a group of plants we call our Thirty Plants. These are the “must-haves” for any native California garden. This selection of thirty plants represents a handsome mix of the most authentic native plants for Southern California gardens. As we discuss the Thirty Plants, we will expand our knowledge of natives in general, and learn how to chose the right plants for any particular design theme.

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About Tree of Life Nursery

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Over thirty years ago, Tree of Life Nursery began propagating California native plants with the notion that the developed hillsides and open spaces in the state were in desperate need of returning to their natural, beautiful forms. Today, the nursery supplies a high quality line of over 500 species and varieties for landscaping and ecological restoration at the wholesale level. Located on 40 acres of the historic Rancho Mission Viejo in San Juan Capistrano, Tree of Life Nursery, the largest native plant supplier in the state, provides a means by which California’s precious flora can return to the land.

Services offered include special orders for site-specific provenance, rare and endangered species, various sizes of containerized and bare root plants, and large quantities for restoration jobs. Tree of Life Nursery staff has extensive experience in ecological restoration, habitat enhancement and authentic landscaping. Focusing on stewardship of the land, we are truly dedicated to the concept of horticulture appropriate to this beautiful region called California.

Now, Tree of Life natives are made available to the general public through the Casa 'La Paz' Plant & Book Store, where plants and books are on display for the gardener and homeowner. Customers who discover the nursery for the first time are delighted by the natural setting and enlightened with the information that greets them when they make the trip out the Ortega Highway.

California’s unique climate, history and culture provide us with a canvas for a classic painting. Ultimately, with education and persistence, we hope to see a return to a more conservative, genuine landscape. For over twenty years, Tree of Life Nursery has been an advocate for a California that looks like it should—authentic California.

Mike Evans,CCN and Jeff Bohn

Learn more about Tree of Life Nursery through our article in icon American Nurseryman TOLN Article

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