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to Kiss Your Grass Goodbye.com – a web-based resource for transforming our turf-centric landscapes into exciting, colorful, eco-friendly and restorative spaces.
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Landscape Design with Water in Mind
“If you want to know the value of water, try not having any.”
Bobby Markowitz, ASLA, President/CEO Earthcraft Landscape Design, Soquel, CA
Irrigation water for our gardens and landscapes is dwindling in California and many regions in the US. These courses will give you the tools, resources, skills and knowledge to address this lack of water and allow your landscapes to continue to thrive.
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Kiss Your Grass Goodbye
Why replace your lawn?
The reasons are many, and are detailed in the
The New American Front Yard:
Kiss Your Grass Goodbye!
by Sarah Carolyn Sutton.
Look Inside the Book
Increasing water shortages, and concerns for the long-term health and environmental effects of the many herbicides and pesticides commonly used to maintain turf lawns are but a few of the reasons Ms. Sutton created her book (click to learn more about the book and a sneak peak inside.
Intervention! Kick Your Grass Addiction
Chapter 1 I loved spending summers in my front yard, sitting on the lawn under the cool shade of the large trees that lined the street. The house I grew…
Baby Steps: One Blade at a Time
Chapter 2 In the summer of 2008, we were in the midst of a second-year drought in California. One day, while walking through my 1940s neighborhood, I was amazed &…
Design Principles: Bring out Your Inner Picasso!
Chapter 4 Many people know what they like and don’t like, but they struggle with redesigning their gardens. Indeed, numerous yards across America demonstrate a re-do gone bad. Often, well…
Make the Space: Create the Outdoor Room
Chapter 5 Your garden is an extension of your house. Just like you would a room, you’ll furnish it, not with overstuffed couches & coffee tables, but with plant materials,…
Your Personal Oasis: Choose Your Plants
Chapter 6 In college, a new world opened up to me. I took a plant identification class and discovered for the first time the names of the plants I grew…
Accessories: Furnish the Room
Chapter 7 I remember my Dad describing what it was like to grow up during the Great Depression. Possessions were well-made and valued. Clocks, shoes, and appliances were repaired, not…
Time to Get Dirty! Installation and Maintenance
Chapter 8 I remember talking to a friend after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area. This 7.1 temblor shook us hard and left us feeling…
Pay it Forward: Beyond Your Property Line
Chapter 9 I was eight years old when John F. Kennedy gave his famous speech, stating, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do…
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Resources
Arbors & Trellises
Arbors define a threshold, portal, or entrance into the front yard, front door, or…
Fences & Gates
Fences can enclose, define and provide structure to your front yard. Choose materials and details…
