IRVINE DROUGHT TOLERANT TURF REBATE GARDEN

If you live in Orange County and would like to participate in the turf rebate program provided by the Municipal Water District of OC then click here.  You will get $3 per square feet of turf you remove and you also get a design rebate.  The design rebate will cover the cost of the designer up to $1000.  

For this particular project, the client wanted to remove her front lawn and replace it with drought tolerant plants.  She also wanted to make some changes to the plant palette in her back yard and interior courtyard.  

WHY KILL YOUR LAWN

I have never been a fan of lawn.  It never did anything for me visually and always seemed like a waste.  I much rather prefer the ideas of having a bountiful garden that you and the local wildlife can enjoy.  A garden that you could forage from.   

Now I get that there are some people that wish to have a space for the kids to play or dogs to run around.  But even then there are alternatives to allow for play and fun without the water sucking lawn.  I am not talking fake either.  That is a topic for a different (coming soon) video. 

If you have transformed your lawn into a garden then comment below and let me know what you have done.  

MY GARDEN TOUR OCTOBER 2025

I live in a 424 square foot condo in Orange County, CA with a 100 square feet of concrete outside my front door that is the only space I have to garden.  Sadly, only about 3/4 of that space is usable do to accessibility issues. So in this video I give you an updated tour of my garden and show you how somethings have changed.  I also share with you some things that I am thinking of for the future.