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Posted by kellyhill in Carousel, Doc Hill's Corner, Landscape Gallery, Natives & CA Friendly Plants, Water Conservation on 12 30th, 2011 | No Comments
Roof Garden @ Biola University
This garden can be found on the roof top of the new Theology Building at Biola University. It is meant for the students and faculty to enjoy betweeen classes or during their spare time while on campus. All plants chosen for this roof garden are low water use plants and are irrigated by a Netafim drip...
Posted by kellyhill in Customer Stories, Featured Articles, Landscape Gallery, Natives & CA Friendly Plants, Turf Substitutes, Water Conservation on 11 2nd, 2011 | No Comments
Taylor Residence, West L.A.
This landscape consists of Succulents, Lavender, Carex Grass, Rock Mulch and Wood Mulch, and Boulders, with a couple of existing Washingtonia Robusta Palms = All drought Tolerant.
Posted by kellyhill in Customer Stories, Featured Articles, Landscape Gallery, Mulching, Turf Substitutes, Water Conservation on 11 2nd, 2011 | No Comments
Chang Residence, Rancho Cucamonga
We renovated thier existing landscape and irrigation system. The drought tolerant landscape consists of gravel mulch, new low water use shrubs and trees, and a new Weather Based Smart Irrigation Controller.
Posted by kellyhill in Customer Stories, Doc Hill's Corner, Homeowner Projects, Landscape Gallery, Natives & CA Friendly Plants, Turf Substitutes, Water Conservation on 05 26th, 2011 | No Comments
Rebate + Drought Tolerant Design
Before
This homeowner attended our Sustainable Claremont presentation at the Claremont Colleges. She called us up asking about designing a new landscape for her front and back yards for her home in Covina. She also wanted to know about the current rebate programs for the city of Covina. We...
Posted by kellyhill in Customer Stories, Doc Hill's Corner, Landscape Gallery, Mulching, Water Conservation on 05 5th, 2011 | No Comments
Customer Review from Sherman Oaks
“When Forest Hill created the design for our landscaping, I was amazed at the professional presentation but even more by the variety of plants and the creativity in the design. Now that the plan has been implemented, it is even better than I had expected! I didn’t realize how often I would...
Posted by kellyhill in Doc Hill's Corner, Featured Articles, Homeowner Projects, Landscape Gallery, Mulching, Water Conservation on 02 26th, 2011 | No Comments
Before and After Pictures
This house in Sherman Oaks wanted a completely new landscape. The owner of the house wanted a drought tolerant landscape that would save her money but still look green. She left the design up to Swan. We sat down and went over all details of the design with her and even put the pictures of the...
Posted by kellyhill in Commercial Projects, Featured Articles, Landscape Gallery, Turf Substitutes, Water Conservation on 12 6th, 2010 | No Comments
Pozzolan
Pozzolan is a 26 million year old volcanic ash from the Lassen Volcano in Northern California and Nevada. When this volcano would erupt, the...
Posted by admin in Doc Hill's Corner, Homeowner Projects, Landscape Gallery, Natives & CA Friendly Plants, Water Conservation on 11 6th, 2010 | No Comments
Beautiful and Practical
After 6 Months
Here’s a Swan Designed showcase project that really brings together many of the water saving ideas that experts are suggesting to the public.
TREES: We chose to use a California Live Oak. This tree was the main focus of the landscape, and really helped capture the beautiful...
Posted by kellyhill in Doc Hill's Corner, Homeowner Projects, Landscape Gallery, Natives & CA Friendly Plants, Water Conservation on 07 9th, 2010 | No Comments
Award Winning Landscapes
The home in Chino that SWAN re-landscaped for the PBS series called “Getting Native”, recently won an award from the city of Chino. The Award was called “The Mayors Home Beautification Award”.
The award winning landscape is all native and drought tolerant planting.
These...
Posted by kellyhill in Featured Articles, Homeowner Projects, Landscape Gallery, Water Conservation on 01 19th, 2010 | No Comments
CA Landscape As Seen On TV
Pictures from the second house SWAN landscaped for the PBS Television Program called “Getting Native”. This landscape features an all Drought Tolerant Plant design,drip irrigation system and of course, a Rain Bird Weather Based Smart Controller.
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