West Basin WRF Ocean Friendly Garden Stands The Test of Time

Posted on 16. Jul, 2012 by in Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility, G3 Blog, G3 Community, G3 Design Studio, G3 Partners, Los Angeles/South Bay, Rain Gardens, Surfrider Foundation, Watershed Notes, West Basin MWD

Yale PhD Candidate and Friend of G3, Sarah Randle, snapped these images of West Basin MWD’s Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility Ocean Friendly Demonstration Garden last weekend. Thanks, Sarah, for looking on the G3 website and using the previous shots as guides for updating our story! This garden is three years old and still [...]

West Basin Edward C. Little Ocean Friendly Demonstration Garden Blooms In August Sunshine

Posted on 04. Aug, 2011 by in Build Habitat, Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility, G3 Blog, G3 Design Studio, G3 Partners, Los Angeles/South Bay, Rain Gardens, Surfrider's Ocean Friendly Gardens, Watershed Friendly Gardens, Watershed Notes, West Basin MWD

People attend our Watershed Basics Classes and say that the California native garden is dead and dry in summer. HUH?  For anyone who still believes that myth (no doubt perpetuated by someone in the turf industry), make the trip to the Ocean Friendly Garden designed by G3 at West Basin’s Edward C. Little Water Recycling [...]

Whirlwind G3 Rain Harvesting Tour

Posted on 11. Mar, 2011 by in Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility, ELLE/Aveeno/SF @ Franklin Elementary, G3 Associates, G3 Blog, G3 Design Studio, Los Angeles/South Bay, Rain Capture, Surfrider Foundation, Surfrider's Ocean Friendly Gardens, Watershed Friendly Gardens

G3 Associate and Surfrider staffer, Paul Herzog, G3′s Pamela, and Jeff Adams, of 10,000 Raingardens distinction, took a mini-tour of six rainwater harvesting (passive and active) projects designed, installed, and stewarded by G3 Associates in the LA area.  Jeff is in town to teach an ARCSA program for LA Conservation Corps. After picking Jeff up at the [...]

West Basin Demonstration Garden @ ECLWRF Update

Posted on 22. Nov, 2010 by in Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility, G3 Design Studio, Los Angeles/South Bay, Surfrider's Ocean Friendly Gardens, West Basin MWD

One year after installation, the OFG Demonstration Garden at West Basin’s Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility (ELWRF) continues to grow strong and awaits the 2011 rainy season. The garden is really starting to look like the original Concept Rendering done by G3 in September 2009.  The ELWRF is the largest water recycling facility of [...]

West Basin Smart Landscape Expo 2010 Resources

Posted on 01. Jun, 2010 by in Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility, G3 Blog, G3 Community, G3 Education, G3 Partners, Homeowner, HOWs, Irrigation, Los Angeles/South Bay, Resources, Surfrider's Ocean Friendly Gardens, West Basin MWD

Low Flow Irrigation Retrofit HOW Resources:   Precision Series Nozzles we demonstrated can be found on the Toro Website . Netafim CV drip line we demonstrated can be found at the Hunter Industries Website . The Agrifim Drip product line we demonstrated is available at the Agrifim Catalog . MP Rotator multi-stream, multi-trajectory irrigation devices we demonstrated are seen at the Hunter Industries [...]