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UPCOMING EVENTS+

The FormLA team would enjoy seeing you:

June 12, 2010, 10 AM – 1 PM:
No Sweat Gardening with FormLA President Cassy Aoyagi, sponsored by the City of Santa Monica’s Green Garden Academy.
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June 27-28, 2010
FormLA exhibits and Cassy Aoyagi speaks at Dwell on Design Los Angeles. Get details

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Contact us to request a sustainable landscaping presentation for your green organization.

TEAM UPDATE+

See photos from the La Cañada “Gardens of the World” Event on the FormLA Facebook page. “Like” us to see Dwell on Design updates, including a chance or two to win tickets!

CONTACT FORMLA+

Cassy and Kirk Aoyagi, Principals: Cassy@formlainc.com

Mark Britten, Production Manager: Mark@formlainc.com

John Avakian, Bookkeeping: John@formlainc.com

Noe Granados, Maintenance Care Supervisor: Noe@formlainc.com

Cara Barnard, Horticultural Care Technician: Cara@formlainc.com

News: Listen-in on Cassy Aoyagi’s conversation with the always-vibrant Cindy Dole of Home Wizards about incorporating plants from Australia, Chile, the Mediterranean basin, and South Africa into your California garden, the FormLA-designed strolling garden at Pasadena Showcase House, and what to do with clover in your lawn. More

News-Glendale News Press: Karen and Peter Veloz are living in sustainable luxury in the hills of Glendale. About two years ago, with the help of FormLA, a Los Angeles landscape design company that focuses on sustainability, they ripped out their back lawn and put in hardscapes amid a landscape of California-native plants. More

Client Story: Missed your chance to stroll the sustainable, formal French knot garden FormLA designed for the 2010 Pasadena Showcase House of Design at the historic Craven Mansion? Take the online tour. More

Tips: Need a simple, beautiful, water-wise outdoor living space design? Here it is! FormLA’s ready-to-go sustainable landscape design is one of three finalists in the City of Santa Monica contest to design its next sustainable landscaping demonstration garden. Voting closes May 31st, and we need your vote!
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Tips: Cassy Aoyagi answered many common gardening questions while providing tours of the La Cañada Public Library’s demonstration gardens, including:

• Which of the 5 demonstration gardens is most drought tolerant?
• What design tricks keep a garden looking lush and vibrant when key focal points need a cut back?
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  Why are so few plants used to start a California native garden?
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  What inspires California lilac to thrive in the long-term?
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  How can I expect California succulents, like Dudleya, to perform in their first year?

Congratulations to wet-to-dry winners Leslie Hope, Michele Markota, and Lulu Schwarz! Each won dancing purple posies for identifying Viola as the California native option. Learn about the trade-offs between Viola and the more common, thirsty Serbian bellflower, or just enter to win a precociously pink rock border in this issue’s Wet-to-Dry Exchange. Win!

Expect FormLA teams…

Fax your fire inspection notice to us, and we’ll take care of the rest: 818-353-6837. We will take the following steps to prepare and protect your landscape and home:

• Maintain proper spacing among plants,
• Raise lower branches on shrubs to keep foliage off of the ground,
• Remove all dead material and weed growth,
• Open shrubbery and reduce volume of flammable material with structural pruning
• Clear material away from roof lines and eaves
• Follow fire code restrictions within 200′ of structures

Count on FormLA teams to protect you from “tier 2” water prices. We will:

• Eliminate run-off and overspray
• Inspect common sprinklers for leaks and floods and ensure drip irrigation and common sprinklers provide proper coverage
• Manage timers for optimal watering on minimal days,
• Water by hand where necessary
• Provide recommendations for irrigation retrofits and improvements