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Saturday Is Free Annual Lawn-To-Garden Tour; See How Your Neighbors Save Water and Save Money By Replacing Water-Consuming Lawn With Multiple Drought-Tolerant CA Native Plants


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(May 13, 2016, 8:15 a.m.) -- Saturday May 14 is the LB Water Department's free annual Lawn-to-Garden (L2G) Tour, where you can see how your neighbors save water and save money by replacing their water-consuming lawns with drought-tolerant CA native plants.

It's a free self-guided tour from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, showcasing the LB Water Dept.'s turf removal program that offers residents $2.50 per square foot, for up to a thousand square feet, to replace their front lawn with drought tolerant California-native plants. This year's tour features thirty newly transformed gardens.

For a detailed map with directions to each house, use this link.
(The above link is also accessible from www.lblawntogarden.com click "Garden Tour Registration Here" in right column.)

Homeowners at multiple locations will be available to talk about how they designed, installed and maintain their Lawn-to-Garden projects. "Over the last six years more than 2,600 Lawn-to-Garden transformations have taken place in Long Beach creating over two million square feet of habitat for birds, butterflies and other wildlife, and collectively conserving about 150 million gallons of water," says a LB Water Dept. release.

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For an online gallery of photos showing multiple completed gardens (with details of each one's plant list and landscape plan), click here.

Saturday Lawn-to-Garden Tour attendees are encouraged to participate in a "Succulent Selfie" contest by snapping a photo with their favorite drought tolerant plant found on the L2G Tour and sharing it on social media using the hashtag signal "#L2GTour."

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