1672 Salt River Ave. - Ventura, CA

Description

Designer - Pamela Berstler with G3/The Green Gardens Group.
Installation - community Garden Assistance Party (GAP), led by G3, was part of an OFG Series co-sponsored by the City of Ventura, Surfrider's Ventura Chapter and participant donations.

The turf grass in the Huber's front yard was well-maintained, but not well-used. An avid worm-based composter and native plant enthusiast, Jon Huber decided to attend an OFG Watershed Basics Class. Due to his readiness to retrofit his landscape, Jon was picked to be the site for an OFG Hands-On Workshop on Site Evaluation and Garden Assistance Party (GAP).
No soil left the site: soil excavated for the basins was used to make the berms (compost from Malibu Compost was sprinkled on). The pictures with rain in the basins: 4 inches of rain fell both in Dec. 2010 and Feb. 2011, all of it absorbed. Between Dec. 2010 and August 2011, the garden survived by the rain stored in the soil "sponge."
The Huber's were awarded an OFG yard sign. The City of Ventura's OFG webpage, created by Water Resources Specialist Jill Saick, provides more details on this retrofit: http://www.cityofventura.net/water/ofg