THE GARDEN CLUB was requested to develop a fire-safe native garden on the newly developed station site in 2005 by a fire captain who saw the value of a demonstration garden. The garden required the teamwork of many individuals that otherwise might not have come together and showed club members the extent to which the community would be interested in "smart gardens".
STATION personnel have continued to expand the garden so that the grounds now include 2 memorial gardens, one with a shaded picnic table and dry stream bed, and a more irrigated area with a volleyball court and a lawn outside their living quarters.
CAL FIRE is only seasonally staffed, therefore it has maintenance lapses and irregular irrigation that reinforce to us the value of native plants in tolerating difficult conditions. A weed abatement garden enhancement project in February 2011, using 25 tons of river rock and boulders placed over weed cloth, further beautified the garden while decreasing maintenance needs.
40900 Sierra Dr. (across from Village Shopping Center)
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