G3 Green Gardens Group

In order to qualify for an Ocean Friendly Garden Yard Sign, the planting plan must include at least 10% local native plants. Most of the Ocean Friendly Demonstration Gardens are planted with 100% natives or close cultivars (as are available in the nursery trade). Here in the Malibu Bluffs Park OFG, in order to demonstrate [...]

Panorama City stormwater becomes future drinking water through the curb cut made by participants in the Water LA Parkway Raingarden class, led by G3 Certified Professionals, Tom Rau and Marianne Simon in February 2013.  You know you’re dealing with proud homeowners when they rush outside during a rainstorm to capture photographs of the curb cut [...]

This beautiful TED Talk by Allan Savory, biologist and ecologist, highlights the importance of rebuilding native soil, particularly in areas where desertification already has begun. The irony of the story is that holistic land management and animal husbandry provide the strategic cornerstone to rejuvenating the grasslands of the world. The lesson for those in G3 [...]

Urbanite is another name for harvested old concrete; and G3 designers are pressed to include urbanite in all public projects so its acceptance as a beautiful recycled building material and permeable paving becomes universal. Urbanite is being used in both the Manhattan Beach Strand OFG and the Malibu Bluffs Park OFG in different ways.  The Manhattan [...]

Many “native” plant advocates propose that soil amendment, even biological community amendment, is not necessary when planting “native” plants in “native” soils.  For many reasons, G3 has always advocated testing the soil for biological activity and then determining a remediation strategy based on the type of plants intended for the site and the actual biological [...]