LEED Platinum, Sustainable Innovation Award-Winning Matloff Family Home
The Matloff Family Home in the Windsor Square neighborhood of historic Hancock Park showcases the ability to unify historic architecture with robust water savings. Allen Schaben’s lush, leafy photos in the Los Angeles Times illustrate the ability of the garden’s mostly native foliage to thrive through three summer months of high, dry heat and deep water restrictions.
For decades, the Matloffs’ Windsor Square neighborhood has been
Los Angeles Times, 2022
lined with stately homes bordered by sprawling lawns…
the pervasive water waste involved… prompted the Matloffs
to consider their footprint, as well as L.A.’s future water independence.
Project Snapshot
The property earned LEED Platinum Certification in 2018 and a USGBC-LA Sustainable Innovation Award for water conservation in 2019. These photos were taken just one year after installation.
Photo: Stephen Matloff, 2018
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Plant Palettes
We chose a plant palette that would keep the Windsor Park property lush and leafy in drought while capturing any stormwater that came LA’s way. If you are looking to follow the Matloff’s LEED lead, there are several Ideal Mow lawn and meadow grasses from which to choose. We’ve curated a few palettes for you in Pinterest.
