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 [...]

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 [...]

With the dry creek bed in place at the Malibu Bluffs Park Ocean Friendly Demonstration Garden, it’s only a matter of days before the bridge is complete, decomposed granite is in, and the site is planted with the CA native plants that will remind everyone visiting the garden that they ARE IN MALIBU! This landscape [...]