Low-water oasis; On a block full of lawns, Burbank homeowner uses turf-removal rebate to ditch the grass, bring in colorful, drought-tolerant plants

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  • Author(s): By:Lisa Boone
  • Source:
    San Diego Union-Tribune, The (CA), June 11, 2022 Features 1, 5pp
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    • Abstract:
      Long before the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California declared a water shortage emergency and ordered outdoor watering limited to two days a week in much of the region, avid gardener Sarah Lariviere was thinking about ways to conserve water. During the pandemic, Lariviere, who writes young-adult fiction, found inspiration on the long walks that she and her husband took in their Burbank neighborhood, near Los Angeles...