These beautiful, water-efficient gardens stay vibrant and evergreen year-round! Design your property as a mini-watershed by following four principles: Capturing rainwater, Focusing on soil, Choosing climate-appropriate plants, and using supplemental irrigation wisely. These abundant landscapes beautify properties, unite neighborhoods, and promote a cooler, more enjoyable climate.

California native plants have evolved over time to thrive in our unique and varied Mediterranean climate and are adapted to the hot dry summers with cool wet winters. Left on their own, these plants arrange themselves into communities of their friends based on common microclimates, and interactions with each other, with insects, birds, and other animals, and with the physical environment. Learn more about selecting local native plants at VenturaCountyGardening.com