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Posted by kellyhill in Featured Articles, Natives & CA Friendly Plants, Smart Controllers, Water Conservation on 12 30th, 2011 | No Comments
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Swan now has a Facebook page! Log in to your Facebook account and type in “Smart Water Application Now” into your search bar. When our page comes up be sure to like it. By liking our page you will recieve information and tips that could help you with your landscape. And if you have any...
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 Buffalo Grass, Featured Articles, Homeowner Projects, Turf Substitutes, Water Conservation on 11 2nd, 2011 | No Comments
Newly Planted Buffalo Grass doing well!
'UC Verde' Buffalo Grass just planted
This residence in Redlands had an all brown/dead lawn that we removed. After a couple cycles of weed killing, and then adding soil amendements a month and a half later, we planted the ‘UC Verde’ Buffalo Grass plugs.
This picture was taken...
Posted by kellyhill in Carousel, Irrigation, Smart Controllers, Technology Solutions on 10 28th, 2011 | No Comments
Smart Controllers
Wasted water. Without a doubt, it’s a huge drain on our natural resources as well as our pocketbooks. It’s a cost that California’s citizens will no longer tolerate. And yet,it’s a problem that municipalities, private property owners and managers can...
Posted by kellyhill in Buffalo Grass, Doc Hill's Corner, Natives & CA Friendly Plants, Turf Substitutes on 06 16th, 2011 | No Comments
Buffalo Grass planted at The Colony, Murrieta
The Colony is a 1,500 home, active adult, golf course community located in Murrieta, CA. The landscape commity found our website and contacted us about cutting back their landscape water use. They had a 27,000 square foot area of existing grass that they wanted demolished and plant Buffalo Grass...
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 Commercial Projects, Irrigation, Technology Solutions, Water Conservation on 03 19th, 2011 | No Comments
The Miracle of Drip Irrigation
Drip Irrigation is a poly tube system with emitters that deliver water directly to the plants root zone. This system can be used with all types of plants including ground cover, shrubs, vines, trees, and turf. The poly tube comes in sizes .05” to 1”. The poly tube lies on both sides of the plants,...