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About the Author
- Marianne Simon
- Marianne has been working as a landscape designer since 2000. She received her certificate in Landscape Architecture from UCLA Extension, and spent two and a half years with Katherine Spitz Associates, Landscape Architects. With a passion for sustainability, she became a Certified Sustainable Landscape Professional with G3, and is now one of their regular instructors. In 2010 she was selected as one of 3 designers to develop a sustainable demonstration garden at Santa Monica's Airport Park. In a previous life she was also a writer, performer and director, and is now bringing all her passions home once more.
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Building a Rain Garden
We couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day. It had rained earlier in the week but this morning it was cool and crisp, with a bright sun coming up behind the trees. The snack table was being set, signs … Continue reading
Native Garden Goes in at West High School in Torrance
Kudos to the science teachers at Torrance’s West High School! And the City of Torrance for supporting them in creating an outdoor learning laboratory in the form of a native garden on campus. I, along with Tom Rau, as instructors … Continue reading
Posted in Being Part of the Solution, Current Events, Stormwater Management
Tagged Arctostaphylos, Carex pansa, Ceanothus, infiltration pits, muhlenbergia, native garden, Native Habitat, native habitata, rain garden, science teachers in torrance, stormwater managment, torrance, west high school
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Alternative Lawns – Is There Such a Thing?
They say necessity is the mother of invention, but it is also the mother of research. I recently started a project where I needed to decide on a ‘lawn alternative.’ But in researching the topic at great length, here is … Continue reading
Posted in Being Part of the Solution, Garden Tips, Plant Highlights
Tagged care for alternative lawns, Carex divulsa, Carex pansa, Carex praegracilis, Carex remota, drought tolerant grasses, John Greenlee, lawn alternative maintenance, lawn alternatives, which grass to use for lawn alternative
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Are You Smarter Than a Slime Mold?
Are You Smarter Than a Slime Mold? Now that may seem like a ridiculous question. Of course I’m smarter than a slime mold. Wait, what’s a slime mold? I actually had little information on what they were or what they … Continue reading
In Honor of Father’s Day
It has been many weeks since I sat down in front of the keyboard reporting on the ins and outs of gardens growing. But we are two days away from summer and the Sustainable Demonstration Garden they are installing at … Continue reading
Department of Public Works – Sediment Management Plan
Earlier this year I wrote about the crime that was committed when the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works bulldozed a priceless oak woodland in Arcadia to create a dumping ground for river sediment that had built up in … Continue reading
Mentoring Program Takes Flight
One moment it is a whisper of an idea. The next it is a bunch of folks gathered in a living room, the vision taking shape and moving forward. There were twelve of us that evening, sitting appropriately, in a … Continue reading
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