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An inviting landscape greets you in the morning with the sound of birds chirping. In the evening, the eye-catching arrays of colorful blossoms and sun dappled pathways welcome you home.
This is a stark contrast to the typical landscape that greets you in the morning with the sound of mowers and the trickle of water running down the street. In the evening, the smell of pesticides and the eye-popping maintenance bill are uninvited guests waiting at the door.
The City of Santa Monica is committed to helping you create that inviting landscape, full of beautiful, California friendly plants that thrive with little water or maintenance. By choosing a more sustainable landscape, you can enhance your property's value and reduce unneeded consumption of precious resources like water. Improving your irrigation system and choosing climate appropriate plant materials are the first steps to creating the dream landscape you’ve always wanted. And we can help make it a reality!
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How can we help you?
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We can help you transform your traditional landscape into one that fits nicely into our Mediterranean climate and we are giving you money to do it! Sounds too good to be true, but The Sustainable Landscape Grant Program is no joke. Now you can get money for doing what comes natural anyway. Individuals, property owners, businesses, non-governmental organizations and public agencies who are water customers in Santa Monica may apply. Sign-up today!
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To see just how beautiful water-efficient landscaping can be, check out the Water-wise garden makeover that was done on one Santa Monica home, as reported in Sunset Magazine.
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A Call to Save Water
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A federal court has curtailed water deliveries from northern California due to environmental factors in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. And, after a record dry spring that dramatically curtailed snow runoff from the Sierra Nevada mountains, Governor Schwarzenegger declared an official statewide drought on June 4, 2008. See Water Saving Tips & Resources for more information.
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