Pages Tagged “grass”
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- City Park Going Brown to Go Green
As near as I can tell they’ve stopped watering the grass in the back half of this park, but you can really see where the runoff collects.
- Painting the Grass Green
California has cut back a lot of water usage, but some places just can’t accept ‘brown is the new green’ for their lawns.
- Yellow-Green Grass Gradient
The office building next door to work is being converted into a hotel, and the lawn has become a staging area for the renovation work. They’ve turned off the sprinklers, leaving the lawn around the building dried into very short straw and producing an interesting gradient in the transition from watered to unwatered. I kind […]
- Landscape Under Renovation
Irvine is dreadfully afraid you might think the dead grass is the result of poor maintenance. Apparently, they’re also concerned that the old Grass Under Renovation signs might not be inclusive enough.
- Return to Temporary Wetlands
Photos: The rains have been tapering off, and the ponds that filled the empty lot have been shrinking, giving way to grasses and wildflowers.
- Office Park Ponds
Photos: Rain has turned the empty lots in the Irvine Spectrum green…and for the first time I remember, filled hollows with water to create temporary ponds.
- Dry spell
It’s been a dry year for California. Water districts all over the state are geared up for drought conditions. The hills in the Orange County area are still golden-brown in mid-April. Last year at this time, they had finally turned green for spring. Here’s a shot from the Irvine Spectrum area from April 6, 2006: […]
- Plastic Revolution
Well, I finally found out the reason for the Grass Under Renovation signs. I passed a median where a road crew was setting out what I first thought was sod, but then realized was Astroturf. Nice one. I suppose it’ll save money on water and maintenance, but then so would painting the concrete green. Couldn’t […]
- Grass Under Renovation
Oh no, there’s dry grass on the median! Oh, wait, it’s OK: There’s a sign saying it’s under renovation. *whew!* … Irvine is a strange town.