Total Landscape Care Digital Magazine
Issue link: http://read.dmtmag.com/i/183921
portfolio PROJECT: Community site, Dana Point, California LANDSCAPING: Harvest Landscape Enterprises, Anaheim, California hlei.us Shore Solution BY LAUREN HEARTSILL DOWDLE New irrigation system and native plants save community thousands T he one element that brought many of the residents to this beachfront neighborhood also started to cause their landscapes to fail: water. After switching to a reclaimed water system for its irrigation 30 years ago, the Niguel Shores community now had a neglected landscape in need of repair. To stop the landscape from flooding and damaging streets and other hardscapes, Harvest Landscape Enterprises renovated the project to conserve water and reduce runoff that went into the adjacent ocean. They replaced more than 100,000 square feet of passive turf area with droughttolerant shrubs and native plants. They also removed overhead irrigation systems with To have y our project fe drip irrigation, and the project is expected to save the community $17,000 a year. atured, email hig The residents were originally concerned about having the passive turf areas h-resolutio n photos, a descriptio replaced with drought-tolerant plants, but they eventually supported and embraced n of the pro ject & the the idea. name of your busin ess "We used flax, native plants and shrubs to add color and texture to the landscape," to lheartsi ll.rrpub says Steven Schinhofen, president of Harvest. "People are always surprised to see @gmail.c om. how beautiful some low-water plants can be." View more photos from this project at totallandscapecare.com/shore-solution. tlc 6 4 To ta l L a n d s c ap eC are.c om TLC1013_Portfolio.indd 64 O C T O B E R 2 013 9/24/13 3:58 PM