G3 Green Gardens Group

Every fall it seems we look forward to interacting with the nest-building Anna’s Hummingbird, the tiniest of our CA birds (Calypte anna)– usually as they flit around refueling at the driveway nectar biodiesel depot and checking out the Chinese elm real estate. This morning, however, we had a close encounter of the most unwelcome kind [...]

The semi-annual meeting of the Advisory Board for San Diego State University College of Extended Studies Professional Certificate in Water Management and Landscape Sustainability included G3′s Managing Member, Pamela Berstler, who is teaching the nine week course online in Sustainable Landscape Practices.  Led by program design powerhouse, Wendy Evers (Executive Director of New Initiatives and Outreach), the [...]

You know it when you see it, and you’ve tried to justify it’s “beauty” because your clients ask for it and the nurseries continue to carry it. It’s ugly because it is a piece of the destructive puzzle that is the OLD NORM of California gardening. There will be a day when designers (including landscape [...]

Ray at SEA Lab pulled G3′s Pamela Berstler aside to share his concerns about the quality of ocean water and to heartily endorse Surfrider Foundation’s Ocean Friendly Gardens and West Basin MWD’s Ocean Friendly Landscape Programs. According to Ray, 80% of ocean pollution is from land-based sources.  He recommended enlisting the help of soil-based microbes [...]

A whirlwind week of exploring Biosphere1′s Green Infrastructure and Low Impact Design (LID) throughout Tucson, Arizona brings itself to a conclusion with a journey to the desert home of Biosphere2. Biosphere2 is an Earth systems science research facility owned by the University of Arizona. Its current mission is to serve as a center for research, [...]