Costs Assume 1,200 square feet of garden Cost using professionals $15-35 per square

foot or $18,000 - 42,000 ~1/3 materials, 2/3 labor Doing it yourself may cost $5-7 per square

foot 1,200 square feet would be ~$6,000 – 8,000

1,200 square feet 20 feet deep by 60 feet wide front garden Plants $12/ one gallon retail, $35 for five gallon,

$100 for 15 gallon 60 plants * $12 = $720 Mulch Premium arbor $32/ cubic yard, you’ll need 11

cu yds = $352 Rent a sod cutter Stepping stones, gravel path, decomposed granite

path, etc. Boulders Fountain/ bird bath

How to Save $ You provide the labor Buy 4-inch or one-gallon plants Grow plants from seed or cutting (see cutting

and seed exchange in October) Sheet mulch instead of removing the lawn Use FREE arbor chips from tree service Shred leaves to use as mulch Use recycled newspaper Get a rebates from the water district and city =

$1,200-2,400

CASE STUDIES

Falling Leaf before

Laundry to Landscape

JAMES RESIDENCE BEFORE

Drought-tolerant landscapesCase study front yard

Beach Strawberry

Fragaria chiloensis

Before circa 1994

Before circa 2007

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Bay Area Native Nurseries Local CNPS chapter sales at Hidden Villa in Los

Altos Hills, 1 x per year for non-members, monthly for chapter members

Yerba Buena Nursery, Half Moon Bay Annie’s Annuals, Richmond or online Bay Natives, San Francisco Native Here, Berkeley East Bay Wilds, Oakland Summerwinds Nurseries – look for the native section,

San Antonio site especially good Our City Forest, San Jose

RESOURCES

Go to: YouTube CNPS-SCV site for videos of: What to do in your Garden by Peigi Duvall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8PBJgh6UV4&t=10sHow to Design your Garden by Deva Luna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT94Md27br8&t=21s

Go to: sustainable-landscape.com, under “Articles and News” for:27 pages of sample designsPdf of this presentationHandouts of Class exercises

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