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- Cassy Aoyagi | Aoyagi Garden
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- The space offers room to run and play as well as plenty of always-changing, wildlife-attracting foliage to inspire curiosity.
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- Vernal Pool | Spring
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- The garden is a laboratory, where the couple plant and propagate rare finds from nearby Theodore Payne Foundation Nursery. This rare Seep Monkey Flower thrives in the garden’s vernal pool.
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- Can you see the vernal pool, designed to infiltrate water from the Aoyagi’s drive and a heavily hardscaped property next door?
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- IdealMow Meadow | Aoyagi Garden
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- Patios under more diffuse tree canopy are even more permeable to water, consisting of only gravel with no pavers.
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- Dense Oak Tree Canopy
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- The Aoyagi’s have a canopy succession plan to ensure that as some trees age out, young, native tree canopy is ready to shade the garden and serve area wildlife.
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- What little rain makes it through expansive oak tree canopy to fall on the back patio and walkway can be quickly absorbed via permeable gravel joints.
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- Biodiverse Hedge | Aoyagi Garden
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- The garden buzzes with life. Bees adore these bright blue California Lilac blooms that scent the garden and nearby foothills in early spring.
