Beautify With Succulents and Grasses- Margot Ferron

Beautify your yard and garden by adding succulents with grasses.  Consider planting less thirsty landscaping.  A water wise garden can be beautiful, easy and fun.

Let Keith Rattay, Mission Viejo’s, Assistant City Manager and Director of Public Services tell you how.   Rattay will speak at the Norman P.  Murray Community Center, 24932 Veterans Way, Mission Viejo, 92691 on Fri., Sept. 20, 2013 at 1 pm on the benefits of succulents and grasses.

 For many years Rattay has kept the Oso Trail and other parks in Mission Viejo thriving and attractive.   Rattay is a licensed, master of landscape architect.  Jerry Hill, a certified arborist will also speak.

Did you know grass front yards are banned at new developments in Las Vegas, where even the grass medians on the Strip have been replaced with synthetic turf?   In Austin, TX lawns can only be watered after sunset.   If you break the law the fine is $475 and police cruise neighborhoods just looking for running sprinklers.  

Plus, some cities are offering rebates to their residents to replace front yards.  In 2009, Los Angeles began a rebate program and more than a million square feet of grass has been replaced.  Outside their City Hall is a garden of succulents. According to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the rebate program will save 47 million galloons of water each year.

Join us to learn how to choose the right plants, water correctly and mulch.  Using succulents, cacti, ornamental grasses and native perennials will save you time and money.  You don’t have to sacrifice beauty to have greener, more water efficient yard.

 For more information and to register please call 949/470-3062.