Yes, some of you might doubt that this is all intentional and no they are not weeds. The grass is the state grass of California (Stipa pulchra). The boundary between what is driveway, parking area, walkway is completely blurred here intentionally.

All of the runoff from the site's surfaces including the roof and driveway end up here before they eventually flow into a creek. This little swale serves a big purpose of slowing down the runoff, preventing sedimentation of the local creek and capturing any pollutants that might enter it. Lucky...

What more do you need with this view than a meadow of Stipa pulchra, Muhlenbergia rigens and Coast Live Oaks? This garden was featured in the 2013 Santa Barbara Botanic Garden annual garden tour.

Once completely dominated by Eucalyptus forest, this site was degraded with poor soils and the house construction created a large area of disturbance. We restored the site to the point that within a year it looks as though nature slowly took over on its own. A strictly native plant palette of...