Silas Pond
Installation November 2023
Project Scope
We were so happy to help this client transform both their front and back yard into a habitat building and water harvesting space that requires little to no irrigation. For the backyard, we worked with Greencraft Landscape to lay down interlocking pavers and build a deck for outdoor living space. Because this home’s grade sloped toward the back office, Greencraft helped us to collect and reroute water into a basin in the front yard which functioned beautifully in its first rainstorm.
plant removal
concrete demo
pavers
new wood deck
rainwater basin in front yard
sheet mulch
veggie boxes
fruit trees
native planting
potted edibles
Project Details
🌎 West Adams
🏡 Front yard + back yard
☀️ Full sun front yard + part shade back yard
💧 Everything hand-watered except fruit trees + veggie boxes
Front Yard Plants
Apricot Mallow - Sphaeralcea ambigua
Bush Sunflower - Encelia californica
California Buckwheat - Eriogonum fasciculatum
California Fuchsia - Epilobium canum
Catalina Ironwood - Lyonothamnus floribundus
Coulter's Matilija Poppy - Romneya coulteri
Coral Aloe (non-native)
Deergrass - Muhlenbergia rigens
Moonshine Yarrow (non-native)
Purple Sage - Salvia leucophylla
Sea Cliff Buckwheat - Eriogonum parvifolium
Showy Penstemon - Penstemon spectabilis
St. Helena Manzanita - Arctostaphylos manzanita ‘St. Helena’
Fruit Trees + Vines
Mexican Lime
Meyer Lemon
Passion Fruit
Existing Plants
Magnolia Tree
Palo Verde Tree
Backyard Plants
Allen Chickering Sage - Salvia 'Allen Chickering'
Bougainvillea ‘Sundown Orange’ (non-native)
Bush Sunflower - Encelia californica
Catalina Ironwood - Lyonothamnus floribundus
Cleveland Sage - Salvia clevelandii
Clustered Field Sedge - Carex praegracilis
Coast Buckwheat - Eriogonum latifolium
Golden Berry Toyon - Heteromeles arbutifolia 'Davis Gold'
Island Morning Glory - Calystegia macrostegia
John Dourley Manzanita - Arctostaphylos 'John Dourley' (in pot)
Joyce Coulter Mountain Lilac - Ceanothus 'Joyce Coulter'
Lemonade Berry - Rhus integrifolia
Lilac Verbena - Verbena lilacina
Moonshine Yarrow (non-native)
Mugwort - Artemisia douglasiana
Ray Hartman Ceanothus - Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman'
Seaside Daisy - Erigeron glaucus
St. Catherine's Lace - Eriogonum giganteum
White Sage - Salvia apiana
The following images showcase the "before" and "after" shots.
front yard
front yard in the rain, basin fed from drainage feature in the backyard moving water away from foundation
2 months post planting
backyard
side yard
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