California Friendly® Landscaping Resources
Below is a listing of local landscaping resources to help you design and maintain a California Friendly® landscape. These sites offer a variety of native and California Friendly® plants that are suited to southern California’s semi-arid climate and require very little water. To speak with someone at MWDOC about landscape water use efficiency, please call (714) 593-5038. Additional information is also available at www.bewaterwise.com.
Coronet Watersmart Conservation Garden
15252 Oakcliff, City of Westminster
A non-profit project in celebration of the City of Westminster’s achievement as a winner of the Wyland National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation!
Corona del Mar Roger’s Gardens
2301 San Joaquin Hills Rd., Corona del Mar
(949) 721-2100
The landscape surrounding this high-end nursery, garden and home store features California Friendly plants and landscaping.
Mesa Water District Demonstration Garden
1965 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa
(949) 631-1201
California Friendly plants are showcased, along with the latest in state-of-the-art irrigation practices.
Orange County Fair Centennial Farm
88 Fair Dr., Costa Mesa
(949) 631-1205
Sponsored by the Mesa Water District, this garden is open to the public year-round and features California Friendly landscaping and will soon be expanded.
Fullerton Arboretum
800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton
(714) 278-3579
Native grasses, agaves and yuccas around the new visitor’s center show the elegant beauty and ultimate utility of using those plants as companions to wildflowers and perennials.
Shipley Nature Center Demonstration Garden
17829 Goldenwest St., Huntington Beach
(714) 842-4772
This 1-acre garden within the Shipley Nature Preserve showcases eight habitat gardens, two built for attracting butterflies and hummingbirds. Water harvesting techniques are demonstrated, and frequent classes are held.
Casa Romantica Cultural Center
415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente
(949) 498-2139
The historic home of San Clemente founder Ole Hanson boasts a 2.4-acre California Friendly garden along an ocean bluff with stunning views. The gardens were designed by Isabelle Greene (granddaughter of Craftsman architect Henry Greene.)
San Clemente Park Semper Fi
San Clemente Pier Bowl, San Clemente
This low coastal bluff adjacent to beach parking features endangered coastal sage scrub and chaparral plant communities indigenous to San Clemente, and a bronze monument to the U.S. Marines.