Places– of Charm
L.A. Times writer Emily Green reports on an incentive for low water gardening. As if broken sprinklers, polluting mowers or the simple desire to conserve water weren’t enough, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is giving its customers more motivation to let go of their lawns. Single-family homes can get a rebate of up to $2,000, assuming you meet criteria for the Residential Drought Resistant Incentive Program. Photo below is courtesy of Debra Lee Baldwin.
Kathleen, as I see more arid gardens, I’ve come to appreciate them, but a good landscape architect is essential.
It’s expensive for the home owner to make the cross-over. Every plant has to be ripped out. Most of the trees we have here in SoCal are drought resistant, though.
Drought resistant plants are the way to go, but sometimes the street doesn’t have that uniform look. The turn-over can be gradual– a turned off sprinkler head here and there.