Monday, October 18, 2010

Post Plant Sale Sale!!

As if you needed another reason to be sure not to miss this month's chapter meeting here's another one!!!

There are lots of leftovers from this year's plant sale and they are all available for HALF PRICE from 5pm until dark this Tuesday in the grassy area in front of the Casa del Prado patio (where the plant sale was).

 
Bring your checkbook (checks only will be accepted) and come early to load up on Manzanitas, Bush Poppies, native grasses, and lots of other great landscape plants!!

Visit the chapter website for more info!

Monday, October 11, 2010

Kill Your Lawn!

For any of you who still have one or who haven't yet convinced family or friends to get rid of theirs now is the perfect time!    The Olivenhain MWD is offering a $1/sq ft rebate for all clients who remove turf and install drought tolerant gardens!!

The rebate is only available until December 1st though so don't delay!!

For more information and to fill out the application click here or visit the Olivenhain MWD website and scroll down to their Lawn Removal Rebate link under "Headlines".

Applicable Service Areas:
Olivenhain Municipal Water District (OMWD) includes portions of the cities of Encinitas, Carlsbad, San Diego, Solana Beach and San Marcos, as well as the communities of Olivenhain, Leucadia, Elfin Forest, Rancho Santa Fe, Fairbanks Ranch, Santa Fe Valley and 4S Ranch.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Nursery Profile: Tree of Life Nursery, San Juan Capistrano

Nothing is worse than planning your native garden only to find that your local nursery doesn't carry the plants you need (or worse doesn't carry natives at all!!).  With our Nursery Profile series we hope to introduce you to some of Southern California's greatest native plant specialty nurseries so that you can not only find the plants you are looking for but hopefully become inspired to plant even more natives (that parking strip would sure look nice with some native grasses in it!)
Our first nursery is one of Southern California's landmark native nurseries, nestled in the foothills of San Juan Capistrano, Tree of Life.

A wholesale as well as retail nursery Tree of Life not only has a great supply and variety of native and drought tolerant plants but they also have a great bookstore located in Casa 'La Paz' and display gardens throughout the nursery.

Check out their website for more information!