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- Success Stories
Caroline Harris is gung-ho about sheet mulching and she’s not shy about knocking on her neighbor’s door with a smile on her face, a pile of cardboard in her arms, and a witty comment on the tip of her lips. After seeing a speaker demonstrate sheet mulching at a Bay-Friendly nursery talk, Caroline decided to give it a try – and also ended up helping many of her neighbors convert their lawns using this technique.
Success StoriesThe Shasta Hills Fire Station was the City of Berkeley's first LEED certified building with a Bay-Friendly Rated Landscape. All the new plants are low water-using, California native species. To reduce labor costs, plant waste and water use, the design included no lawns and no hedges that require shearing.
Success StoriesWhen the City of Albany renovated the grounds of its Civic Center, they used sheet mulch and compost to naturally improve soil quality, helping create a Bay-Friendly landscape that's healthier for plants and people.
Success StoriesShinsei Gardens is an award-winning housing development with 39 apartments for low-income households. With a Bay-Friendly Rated Landscape and LEED Platinum and GreenPoint Rated buildings, the project provides residents with a healthy and attractive environment indoors and outdoors.
BrochuresReScape California (formerly the Bay-Friendly Landscaping and Gardening Coalition) manages the Bay-Friendly programs.
- Brochures
Este Guía Para Landscapes Bay-Friendly ha sido escrito para los profesionales de la industria de landscaping con el fin de ofrecer un procedimiento integral para la creación y mantenimiento de landscapes que sean sensibles al medio ambiente.
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- Brochures
Bay-Friendly Qualified Professionals are trained in leading-edge sustainable landscape practices that can save money, reduce toxic chemical use, and increase the value and appeal of residential and commercial properties.
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This 70+ page guide is written for the home gardener and provides how-to information, a design survey, profiles of East Bay gardens, and much more.
BrochuresThis 68-page publication is written for the professional landscape industry. It presents guidance, best practices and resources for the design, construction and maintenance of high performance landscapes.
- Success Stories
When Paul Cannon and Hugo Campos were thinking of moving to Oakland, it was four towering coastal redwood trees that finally convinced them to put down an offer on a house. They have fond memories of entering the home’s garden gate and looking skyward in amazement at the grove of trees that loomed over the 4,500-square foot lot. Not having even stepped inside the house, “they were already sold.”