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13 Reviews

Vital, Drought-Tolerant Meadow

A natural meadow creates delightful curb appeal for this traditional ranch style home in the San Fernando Valley. Trails of brick and decomposed granite traverse the space, meandering past fragrant salvias and roses, through year round color and blooms.

The garden was featured on the Theodore Payne Foundation Native Plant Garden Tour and in the Los Angeles Times in 2018. Learn more at https://www.latimes.com/home/la-hm-theodore-payne-native-plant-tour-20180407-story.html
Project Year: 2015
Country: United States
Others who worked on this project: Theodore Payne Foundation
A pre-existing brick drive cuts a path through the meadow, passing silvery California Sagebrush, a vibrant Yarrow meadow, and banks of fragrant Salvia clevelandii.
Meadow
The Yarrow meadows are IdealMow lawn alternatives. When left to grow, Yarrow blooms. When mowed, it forms a feathery, soft, bright green lawn.
Yarrow Meadow
Decomposed granite walkways intersect with the brick drive to inspire strolls through the flowers and allow limited natural rainfall to permeate into the flower beds.
Brick and Decomposed Granite Walkway Intersection
Bright and dark green foliage interweaves with silver foliage to ensure the meadow remains enchanting throughout the year.
Bird Bath in Meadow
In a landscape, Dwarf Coyote Bush's bright green provides lovely contact to silvery-green and deep green foliage.
Vibrant, Fragrant Foliage Edges Walkway
Salvia clevelandii is one of LA's most charming native plants. Its drought tolerant, fragrant silver-green foliage wows when not in bloom.
Fragrant Salvia Clevelandii
A mix of privet and ilex holly offers a twist on the typical LA-ficus hedgerow. By using more than one plant species, we garner some of the protective qualities biodiversity as well as charming variations in texture and color.
Biodiverse Hedge
Day and night, this charming, well-lit brick path through the meadow encourages strolls.
Brick Walkways
A simple shaded bench offers a perch for those wanting to watch birds play in the bird bath or drink from the urn shaped blooms of Arbutus menziesii.
2018 Tour Home Preview
A beautiful alternative to Sungold, drought tolerant native Silver Carpet (Lessingia) blooms with delightful pink-purple blooms in spring.
Silver Carpet
One of the more well-known LA natives, silvery-green White sage foliage carries its fresh, earthy scent. Beautiful wands of white blooms emerge in both spring and fall. All that, and it is edible too!
White Sage
Within the context of a native meadow, Roses take on a whole new charm. When in bloom, they are set off by the purples and blues of Salvia clevelandii. When dormant, their stick-like foliage nestles behind always-on natives.
Roses
What could be more LA than citrus trees? Native meadows make healthy companions for orchards and edible gardens, as they need no chemical fertilizers or pesticides to be lush and lovely year round.
Orange Orchard