A Beautiful Long Beach Landscape is not grass. It is an alternative to water-thirsty lawns. It may include “outdoor rooms” for dining and entertainment, walkways, patios, play areas, mulch, or rock.  It definitely includes beautiful plants that thrive in our semi-arid Long Beach climate.

These gardens conserve water, are beautiful, create habitat for wonderful wildlife such as hummingbirds and butterflies and reduce or eliminate runoff and the need for fertilizers, chemicals and constant maintenance.  Talk about win, win, win, win, win!  BLBLs are beautiful landscapes that come in many different themes and styles.  They can be defined by the following characteristics:

1. Use much less water (this usually means ditching the grass)
2. Create wildlife habitat (we're not talking about cougars…how about hummingbirds lizards, and butterflies?)
3. Require very little maintenance (What?! No mowing or sod replacement? That’s great!)
4. Use little or no chemicals (don’t have to kill the crab grass with chemicals that harm the sand crabs)
5. Allow little to no runoff (contribute to ocean pollution no longer).

Then you’ll have your very own Beautiful Long Beach Landscape. We, at the LBWD, look at all of these factors and agree it seems to improve quality of life as well. Who knew your lawn could bring unbridled happiness AND the well being of Long Beach!

LONG BEACH LAWN-TO-GARDEN PROGRAM

Are you interested in taking out your grass and switching to a CA-Friendly landscape?  Visit the Lawn to Garden website to find out information about how to make the switch and to see what funding opportunities may exist to help you pay for your new BLBL!