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 Plant List
Posted on 31. Mar, 2013 by pamela in Compost Tea, G3 Blog, G3 Community, G3 Partners, Los Angeles/South Bay, Malibu Bluffs Park, Surfrider Foundation, Watershed Notes, West Basin MWD
Debut Of Malibu Bluffs Park Ocean Friendly Garden
Posted on 31. Mar, 2013 by pamela in G3 Blog, G3 Community, G3 Partners, Los Angeles/South Bay, Malibu Bluffs Park, Surfrider Foundation
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 [...]
Urbanite Is Right For G3 Demonstration Gardens
Posted on 02. Mar, 2013 by pamela in G3 Blog, Low Impact Design, Malibu Bluffs Park, Manhattan Beach Strand, Permeable Paving, Resources, Watershed Notes, Watershed Wise Landscape
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 [...]
Malibu Bluffs Park Bridge Over Infiltrating Rainwater
Posted on 01. Mar, 2013 by pamela in G3 Blog, G3 Community, Los Angeles/South Bay, Malibu Bluffs Park, Surfrider Foundation, Watershed Wise Landscape, West Basin MWD
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 [...]
Malibu Bluffs Ocean Friendly Demonstration Garden Rocks On!
Posted on 15. Feb, 2013 by pamela in G3 Blog, G3 Community, G3 Partners, Los Angeles/South Bay, Malibu Bluffs Park, Surfrider Foundation, Watershed Wise Landscape, West Basin MWD
With design and bid documents in place, the Ocean Friendly Demonstration Garden at Malibu Bluffs Park in Malibu, CA is finally underway on a blazing installation schedule that will bring the project to completion by the beginning of March 2013. Tom Stout of Stout Design:Build, a CA Licensed Landscape Contractor and G3 Certified Professional 2010, [...]
