Chatsworth
Install April 2023
Project Scope
Client priorities: low water plants, attracting wildlife and pollinators, place for child to play and interact with nature, fruit trees, re-directing water from backyard and rooftop
lawn removal
plant demo
sheet mulching
removed sprinklers, added drip irrigation to all trees
creek-bed excavation (connected French drain in backyard + downspout rain chain in front to harvest max water)
added rocks to fill dry creek-bed
replanted with native plants + fruit trees (citrus)
Project Details
🌎 Chatsworth
🏡 1,500 sq ft, front yard + parkway | LADWP rebate recipient
☀️ Mostly sun
💧 Fully hand-watered aside from drip lines on fruit trees
Front Yard Plants + Parkway Plants
Black Sage - Salvia mellifera
Bush Anemone - Carepenteria californica
Bush Sunflower - Encelia californica
California Buckwheat - Eriogonum fasciculatum
California Fuchsia (straight species and Everett's Choice variety) -
California Melicgrass - Melica californica
Canyon Sunflower - Venegasia carpesoides
Coyote Brush 'Pigeon Pt.' - Baccharis pilularis ssp. pilularis 'Pigeon Point'
Foothill Penstemon - Penstemon heterophyllus (didn’t perform well— replaced after 5 months)
Fuchsia Flowered Gooseberry - Ribes speciosum
Hummingbird Sage - Salvia spathacea
Lilac Verbena 'De La Mina' - Verbena ilicina 'De La Mina’
Mugwort - Artemisia douglasiana
Purple Needlegrass - Stipa pulchra
Purple Sage - Salvia leucophylla 'Pinkie'
Scarlet Bugler Penstemon - Penstemon centranthifolius
Toyon 'Davis Gold' - Heteromeles arbutifolia 'Davis Gold'
Western Sword Fern - Polystichum munitum
Western Sycamore - Platanus racemosa
White Sage - Salvia apiana
Fruit Trees
Semi- dwarf Lime (non- native)
Semi- dwarf Orange (non- native)
Existing Plants
Mature parkway tree
The following images showcase "before" and "after" shots.
Dry creek-bed in action! Click here for more.