Century Glen HOA -- Supporting Neighbors and Our Community
DROUGHT CONSERVATION INFORMATION
Two Days Per Week Watering
Hello Neighbors:
Here are the guidelines for what day you can water your yard:
1) Odd-numbered street addresses on Mondays and Fridays.
2) Even-numbered addresses on Thursdays and Sundays.
Watering with sprinklers will be limited to eight minutes per station. Sprinklers with water-conserving nozzles will be limited to 15 minutes per station. All watering will have to be done in the evening or early morning, with no watering permitted outdoors between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Water restrictions do not apply to tree-watering. The Department of Public Works urge people to add mulch to their trees and to slow soak their mature trees once a month, especially between June and September. People should also avoid pruning and fertilizing their trees during hot, dry months.
The two-day watering restrictions will be enforced by the Conservation Response Unit, which will focus on areas that are using the most water.
Enforcement will begin with education for people who are violating the ordinance, but will escalate with fines and tickets if needed.
FOR TURF REPLACEMENT REBATES of $2.00/sq ft of up to 5000 ft, apply here -- https://www.bewaterwise.
Click the picture for the "LA Public Works Tips To Protect Trees During Drought" article.
The Native Trees List!
Additional Information
Small Parkways, Medians (3 – 4 feet)
Alvord Oak (Quercus alvordiana)
Blue Palo Verde (Parkinsonia florida)
Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis)
Pink Dawn Chitalpa (Chitalpa tashkentensis 'Pink Dawn')
Western Redbud (Cercis occidentals)
Medium Parkways, Medians (4 – 6 feet)
Mexican Elderberry (Sambucus mexicana)
California Laurel (Umbellularia californica)
Catalina Cherry (Prunus ilicifolia ssp. lyonii)
Catalina Ironwood (Lyonothamnus floridbundus)
Ceonothus Ray Hartman (Ray Hartman ceonothus)
Ceonothus Island (Ceonothus arboreus)
Desert Museum Palo Verde (Cercidium 'Desert Museum')
Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens)
Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana)
Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia)
Large Parkways, Medians (6 feet +)
Box Elder (Acer negundo)
California Ash (Fraxinus dipetala)
Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)
Engelmann Oak (Quercus engelmannii)
Monterey Pine (Pinus radiata)
Southern California Black Walnut (Juglans californica)
Valley Oak (Quercus lobata)
Western Sycamore (Platanus racemosa)
White Alder (Alnus rhombifolia)
Homeowners can get free native trees from:
City Plants -- City Biodiversity plant natives can be gotten from here.
Free native trees for existing tree wells (call 311 for permit).
Learn More
Joanne D'Antonio
Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance (NCSA), Trees Committee Chair
Community Forest Advisory Committee (CFAC) Representative, CD 2
Greater Valley Glen neighborhood council (GVGC): Sustainability Representative, PLUC member
NCSA Representative - Urban Forestry Management Plan (UFMP) Working Group
(818) 387-8631
NCSA Trees Committee Mission: to protect the city's urban forest and to promote its care on behalf of the community through advocacy, outreach, and education.
Cultivating a Native Plants Garden for Butterflies and Birds
Theodore Payne Foundation
Gardening with the Native Plant Society
Theodore Payne Foundation
Are you interested in creating a Butterfly Garden? Do you want to convert your front lawn to recover habitat loss? Are you looking for an educational field trip for your children on a weekend?
Visit The Theodore Payne Foundation
Roger's Gardens
Gardening with the Native Plant Society
Theodore Payne Foundation
Looking for a brunch day trip for your family? Do you want to buy a half dozen Narrow Leaf Milkweeds to build a Butterfly Garden? Learn about host plants for the Monarch Butterfly and Nectar Plants for migrating butterflies to stop in your yard, protecting our biodiversity and native wildlife.
Gardening with the Native Plant Society
Gardening with the Native Plant Society
Gardening with the Native Plant Society
Plants are the foundation of our ecosystem. We’re on a mission to save California’s native plants and places using both head and heart. California Native Plant Society brings together science, education, conservation, and gardening to power the native plant movement.
Xerces Society
How Palm Trees Became A Symbol of Los Angeles
Gardening with the Native Plant Society
Watch this video about Monarch Butterfly Conservation.
Gardeners can contribute significantly to pollinator conservation efforts by growing native plants in their yards and communities. Join Xerces biologists as they share some of their gardening pitfalls and the lessons they’ve learned from them.
Drought Garden for Hummingbirds
How Palm Trees Became A Symbol of Los Angeles
How Palm Trees Became A Symbol of Los Angeles
Thinking of taking out your lawn and building a drought tolerant garden for hummingbirds?
Check out this list of plants that you can use to create a new front yard garden to restore more native plants help support our urban wildlife.
Click this link for pictures of the plants and the types of hummingbirds they attract. -- https://www.laspilitas.com/garden/hummingbird.html
How Palm Trees Became A Symbol of Los Angeles
How Palm Trees Became A Symbol of Los Angeles
How Palm Trees Became A Symbol of Los Angeles
Wondering how the palm trees got to Los Angeles? Curious about what kind of palm that you have in your yard?
Click this link to read about the history and type of tree you have.