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Xeriscape or Zero Scape?

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Xeriscape Principles

Planning Soil Amendment Practical Turf Areas Plant Selection Irrigation Mulching Maintenance

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Benefits of Sheet Mulching

  • Reduces Difficult to Maintain/Water Turf Areas
  • Less Back Breaking Work than Sod Removal
  • Creates Less Waste
  • Keeps Soil Profile and Microbes Intact
  • Potential Cost Saving Options During the Process
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DIY Sheet Mulching

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Safer er and Sustainable ble at Home Define Edges Layout and Overlap Cardboard

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Safer er and Sustainable ble at Home Place Layer of Compost or Manure Over Cardboard Layer Top with Organic Mulch

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Year 1 - Spring Year 1 - Summer

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Before After

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Budget Tips

Cardboard Resources – NextDoor, SN Program, Buy Nothing Groups, Appliance or Bike Stores Compost/Manure Resources – Home Compost, Alpaca Farms Mulch Resources – City Mulch Program, Chip Drop from Tree Companies, Rent/Share a Chipper with Your Neighbors, Leaves and Pine Needles

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Starter DIY Projects

Install a Sidewalk Strip Bed Convert an Area that Sprinklers Can’t Reach

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Starter DIY Projects

Create a Corner Bed for Herbs Fill in a Scorch Strip with No Water Plants Install a Mulch Pathway

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Soil Testing and Amendment

Adjusting Alkaline Soil:

Aged sawdust

Wood chips

Leaf mold

Peat moss

Cottonseed meal

Pine needles

Coffee grounds

Fresh manure

Oak leaves

Ground up oak bark

Pine needles

Adjusting Acidic Soil:

Bonemeal

Ground clamshells

Ground eggshells

Ground oyster shells

Hardwood ashes

Fine-ground agricultural lime: dolomitic lime (if the soil test reveals a magnesium deficiency) or calcitic lime (if the soil test reveals a calcium deficiency). The general guidelines for applying limestone to increase pH by one unit across 100 square feet: 3 pounds of sandy soil; 5 pounds on sandy-loam; 7 on loam; and 8 pounds on clay soil.

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Soil Amendment

Compost Manure Fertilizer

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Planting Techniques

Plant Root Ball Hori Hori

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Watering and Maintenance

Signs of Water Stress Weeds, Weeds, and Weeds

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Safer er and Sustainable ble at Home Kendrick Lake Park – Hoyt and Jewell O’Kane Park – 1st and Pierce Belmar Park – Behind Justice Center Forsberg Park and Dog Park – Alameda/470 Medians Along Colfax and Kipling Contact: Keely Foster, City of Lakewood Greenhouse Lead KeeFos@lakewood.org 720.963.5250

Self-Guided Xeriscape Tour

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Design and Plant Selection

Garden in a Box

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Free and Cheap Plants

  • Collect and Start Your Own Seeds
  • Share Plant Divisions and Volunteers
  • Start Plants from Root Cuttings
  • Buy in Bulk with Neighbors
  • End of Season Plant Sales
  • Purchase Small Plants
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Resources

General Xeriscaping

https://coloradowaterwise.org/XeriscapeColorado https://www.denverwater.org/sites/default/files/2017- 05/Water_Wise_Landscape_Handbook.pdf https://www.lakewood.org/Government/Departments/Community-Resources/Parks-Forestry- and-Open-Space/Forestry-and-Horticulture/Horticulture https://northernwater.org/sf/water-efficiency

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Resources

Sheet Mulching

http://lawntogarden.org/sites/default/files/HowToSheetmulch-1-26.pdf

Lakewood Wood Mulch Program

https://www.lakewood.org/Government/Departments/Community-Resources/Parks-Forestry-and- Open-Space/Forestry-and-Horticulture

Plants and Design

https://plantselect.org/design/design-gallery/ https://resourcecentral.org/gardens/ https://conps.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Low-Water-Native-Plants-for-CO-Gardens-Front- Range-Foothills.pdf

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Get Involved in Sustainability!

Find resources, view Lakewood’s Sustainability Plan, and more: Lakewood.org/Sustainability Join the Sustainability Cooperative or “SCOOP”: Lakewood.org/SCOOP

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Stay Updated!

Subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter: Lakewood.org/SustainabilityNews Follow us on social media: Facebook.com/PlanLakewood Instagram @LakewoodSustainability

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Send us your ideas!

Email us suggestions for future workshops: Sustainability@Lakewood.org Fill out our survey: Lakewood.org/SustainableWorkshop