City of Sunnyvale's SMaRT Station project using native plants to creat ecofriendly landscaping at the recycling center for both beautification and sustainability.
5. Sheet Mulching Laying down recycled-content paper, overlapping at the edges Three inches of woody mulch as the final layer
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10. Invasive plants removed Pampas grass, ivy, palms, and fennel are highly invasive plants in the Bay Area and were removed from the site. Pampas grass had to be bagged and disposed so seeds wouldn’t escape.
11. Compost bin installed A compost bin was installed for staff to compost leftover food from lunches, tea bags, and coffee filters
42. Please consider some of these ideas the next time you buy plants or make changes to your landscape!
43. Design by Sherri D. Osaka, Landscape Architect Sustainable Landscape Designs Sustainable-landscape.com, 408-264-7427 Installation and maintenance by Flora Terra Landscape Management Floraterra.com, 408-275-1200 Landscape oversight by City of Sunnyvale Contact Karen Gissibl at 408.730.7277 for more information. Printed on recycled paper
Hinweis der Redaktion
This presentation is the result of six years of monthly meetings by a group known as the Sustainable Landscape Roundtable and especially the efforts of Stephanie Morris who created this presentation with me for the Gardening with Natives subgroup of the California Native Plant Society, Loma Prieta Chapter
Planting appropriate native plants reduces water use, reduces or eliminates fertilizers, creates habitat