Climate Friendly Landscaping Tips

When choosing to start a climate-resilient landscape transformation, it might be hard to know where to start or how to maintain a newly installed garden. Long Beach Utilities is here to help at all stages of the landscape transformation process. The additional resource materials and website links listed below can help provide even more California-friendly plant knowledge.

Note: Before starting any digging or excavation work in your landscape, you should know where any utility lines are located. Call DigAlert at 811 or go to digalert.org to place a ticket for utility members to mark their facilities.

 

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Here is additional suggested reading before starting your project

  • Sunset Western Garden Book (2001) Ed. Kathleen Norris Brenzel, Sunset Publishing Group.
  • California Native Plants for the Garden (2005) Bart O’Brien, David Fross and Carol Bornstein; Cachuma Press.
  • The American Meadow Garden: Creating a Natural Alternative to the Traditional Lawn (2009) John Greenlee and Saxon Holt; Timber Press, Inc.
  • California Gardener’s Guide Volume II (2007) Nan Sterman; Cool Springs Press.
  • Designing with Succulents (2007) Debra Lee Baldwin; Timber Press.
  • Home Landscaping, California Region (2001) Roger Holmes and Lance Walheim; Creative Homeowner.
  • Landscape Plants for California Gardens (2010) Bob Perry; Land Design Publishing.
  • Landscaping with Stone, Paths & Walls, Water & Rock Gardens, Installation (2000) Marianne Lipanovich, editor; Sunset Books.
  • Making Garden Floors (2001) Paige Gilchrist; Lark Books.
  • Outside the Bungalow (1999) Paul Duchscherer and Douglas Keister; Penguin Studio.
  • Reimagining the California Lawn: Water Conserving Plants, Practices and Design (2011) Carol Bornstein, David Fross and Bart O’Brien, Cachuma Press.
  • Succulents for the Contemporary Garden (2002) Yvonne Cave; Timber Press.
  • Sun Drenched Gardens, the Mediterranean Style, (2002) Jan Smithen and Lucinda Lewis; Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
  • Tough Plants for California Gardens: Low Care, No Care, Tried & True Winners (2006) Felder Rushing, Cool Springs Press.
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