chapter projects
Water Wise gardens were installed by Central Coast CLCA members at several locations in the Monterey Bay Area in 2011.
soquel creek water district project

The Soquel Water District site was installed by John David of Prime Landscape, designed by Michael Arnone and sponsored by the RCD & Water district. This installation incorporates green elements: Kudo Boxes for percolation with one downspout, a 2800 gallon above ground cistern water storage tank for drought tolerant plantings on a drip system, an engineered rain garden with a bio-swale to store and clean water.

The Scotts Valley Water District site was installed by Nikos Lynch of Terra Bella Landscape. Sponsors include: Central Home, Hunter, Granite Rock, Pacific Interlock, Soquel Nursery, Native Revival and Vision Recycling. Multiple green friendly uses include bio swales that pull water from downspouts into a rain barrel or through the landscape, recycled mulch to retain water, permeable pavers and compost for a mulch basin to water the drought tolerant plants and trees.

Scotts Valley Water District site
Soquel village site

The Capitola Road site at Wharf Road was spearheaded by Melissa Van Ness, a homeowner in the community with the help of Bruce Arthur (former Mayor of Capitola), Mike Termini ( City Council), Carol Fuegel (gardener for the Shadowbrook) and Andrew Tuckman from Vision Recycling. Carol Fuegel applied for a grant through the Soquel Water District and approached Ecology Action as a non-profit to receive the grant.