The 5th Annual Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase Tour was held on Saturday April 20 and was once again a huge success. With Southern California's ongoing drought problems, sustainable gardening is becoming more and more important. This year’s tour showcased 98 gardens featuring drought resistant, sustainable gardens, chickens, aquaponic farming, and more. I had the pleasure of volunteering several hours at the tour’s Showcase Central and we … [Read more...]
American Communities Affordable Housing Project is LEED Platinum Certified
When my friend Mark Walther of American Communities invited me to the dedication of his latest project, a 66-unit affordable housing project in Koreatown, I was amazed to discover that the project was LEED Platinum Certified. LEED is an acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ certification. The LEED rating system offers four certification levels for new construction -- Certified, Silver, … [Read more...]
Los Angeles Gardening Tips: January Garden To-Do List
Whether your garden is your hobby or you hire a service to take care of it for you, there are definite tasks that need to be done based on the time of year. Garden tasks can be broken down by month. Here is your January gardening to-do list. Although the numbers are not in yet to determine if December 2010’s rainfall record of 10.23” has been broken, Los Angelinos can all attest to the fact that December 2012 has been a pretty wet … [Read more...]
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