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 [...]

Malibu Bluffs Park Ocean Friendly Garden debuts with a blessing and the traditional ribbon cutting.  We couldn’t say it better than the Malibu Times: “This garden is one of many ways the City of Malibu continues to deliver on its commitment to environmental stewardship, specifically our ongoing quest to protect ocean water quality,” Mayor Lou [...]

The West Basin MWD has signed a contract with the Gardena Fire Station 158 to be the next demonstration project in the G3 design queue for an Ocean Friendly Garden. This project will be the fifth in the series of ten demonstration projects G3 is spearheading for the Ocean Friendly Landscape Program, a joint effort [...]

The fourth Ocean Friendly demonstration garden has been identified by West Basin MWD and Surfrider Foundation to be the Carson Community Center in Carson, CA.  This project will provide G3 with the opportunity to re-imagine the front entry of this highly trafficked site keeping in mind the principles of Conservation, Permeability and Retention. The Carson [...]

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 [...]