Shannon Nembach’s home on a quiet, winding street in the Otay Ranch neighborhood of Chula Vista is easy to identify. It’s the one without a front lawn. The one with dozens of foxtail agaves ...

The rest of the county is in severe drought. More than three-fourths of Riverside County is under “extreme drought,” as is 100% of Imperial and San Diego ... indigenous plants that are more ...

It will have play equipment, benches, trees, drought-tolerant landscaping and lighting. “This project, along with the new public park, is a transformative addition to our community,” said ...

California is entering the fourth month of what is typically the rainy season, but in the Southland, the landscape is beginning to show signs of drought ... south to San Diego — has only ...

Creating a garden mainly planted with succulents and cacti also ticks the sustainable landscaping box, especially if you choose native plants that are drought ... CEO of the San Diego Botanic ...

Tree limbs that break off in high winds were often incorrectly pruned, plus how much defensible space is enough for fire ...

Ming Pan, a hydrologist at the University of California-San Diego’s Center for Western ... transpiration and evaporation also suck water out of the plants and soil. That leaves dry vegetation ...

Junipers are some of my favorite evergreen pine trees to use in the garden,' says Sam Niemann, garden expert and founder of Grown by Design, a boutique landscape design firm based in San Diego ...

Rib Line by the Beach, the sister location of the San Luis Obispo-based Rib Line ... storm drain installation, drought-tolerant trees and landscaping in medians, and new crosswalks at Fourth ...