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Garden Master: Glen Schmidt FASLA, Schmidt Design Group, Inc.

Contributors:
San Diego County Water Authority
Miramar Wholesale Nurseries, Inc.
Las Pilitas Nursery
Randy Jurgensen - Decorative Stone Solutions
Tara Tarrant - La Jolla Stone Etching

Twenty-four corrugated metal planters (referencing San Diego’s 24 retail water agencies) both visually and factually convey the water consumption characteristics of various plant materials. Focusing on groundcovers and shrubs, the rows display high, moderate, low and very low water use plants. Lanterns rising out of each planter factually illustrate the amount of annual supplemental irrigation water that is typically required to sustain these plants in the San Diego region.