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How to Replace Your Water-Intensive Lawn

How to Replace Your Water-Intensive Lawn

We’ll talk about how to embark on removing your lawn and the plants, grasses and trees you might consider replacing it with.

KQED's Forum

August 3, 202255m 40s

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Show Notes

Landscape irrigation accounts for about half of residential water use in California, according to state data. That’s leading some drought-conscious residents to consider tearing up their lawns in favor of less water-intensive gardens. We’ll talk about how to embark on removing your lawn and the plants, grasses and trees you might consider replacing it with.

Guests:

Flora Grubb, owner, Flora Grubb Gardens in San Francisco

Shawn Maestretti, founder and principal, Studio Petrichor - a landscape architectural design firm

Caitlin Hernández, LA explained reporter, KPCC-LAist

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