Vista’s WaterSmart Landscaping Contest winner ditched her scruffy lawn and replaced it with lots of native beauty and drought-tolerant trees and plants
. She combined what she learned from those experts with the tenacity to source free or inexpensive supplies and plants. And, while she did most of the work herself, she benefited from the generosity of her two sons, parents, three sisters and their young kids, who put in a lot of labor to help her realize her dream garden.
“I wanted a beautiful space with shade and, ideally, food production, but I still didn’t want to spend any more money on water bills,” she explained. “As I read more and learned more, I keyed in on a few things. I want native, beautiful, drought-tolerant plants but I also want to use my garden to grow food. I want lots of flowers and color. I want bees and birds and other wildlife.”When Dell heard about California’s turf replacement program, she found it the ideal motivation to do more.
Jennifer Dell savors the heady aroma of sweet pea. She credits loved ones with helping her create the garden: “This wasn’t just my effort. It was my family’s.” The oval raised bed in the middle of the garden that houses the pre-existing palm trees got a redo as well. Because Dell needed to improve the soil, she removed the wall blocks from the north side and used them to raise the height of the bed on the south side to hold back added compost and mulch. She explained that by doing this, she opened up a more gradual slope away from the house to help slow runoff and keep the water in the garden.
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