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Drive-By List of Gardens

DRIVE-BY GARDEN LIST
Please do not disturb homeowners. This list is only to be used to view front yards from the street.

 

All gardens are drip irrigated, except for meadows which are on overhead sprays.

 

      1)       Slatebrook – 140 Wissahickon Avenue, Los Gatos, CA 95030
Cottage style native garden, sustainable edibles, living roof, original art and mosaic wall, fruit trees get summer water, 3 years old.  This garden is still in its established period. This is my garden.  I’d be happy to show you around, if you call ahead and let me know when you’re coming. 408-666-1518

 

      2)       Tivol – 848 Brookline Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Replicated turf, Eichler, traditional style, no summer water, 8 years old.

 

      3)       Cohn – 1431 Greenwood Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
$106,000: Most of the work is not visible, very large rear project. Traditional style – habitat garden, dry stacked stone walls, kid friendly, dry creek, 3 years old.

 

      4)       Tranchina – 721 Riverside Drive, San Jose, CA 95125
Under 1 year old garden.  Mixed chaparral plantings with dry creek & pot fountains.  Replaced Bermuda grass by removing 12” of soil.

 

      5)       Rossmann – 715 Riverside Drive, San Jose, CA 95125
Call ahead for Liliana or Walter 408-975-9023
Red fescue meadow, chaparral, creek bed tied into downspouts, many edibles, fruit trees, berries, and vegetable beds.  This is the garden where I’d like to show you the backyard.  In the front, they have turned of their water in the meadow area.  It will turn green again with the winter rains.

 

      6)       Essenmacher – 1524 Channing Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Traditional ranch – native wildflower meadow, solar fountain, urbanite, resurfaced old concrete, garden blends with neighbors, no fence separates properties, summer water for meadow, 4 years old.

 

      7)       Bergstrom – 1434 Meadow Lane, Mountain View, CA 94040
$13,000 front only, California Ranch, replaced lawn with habitat garden with seasonal dry creek, downspout water diverted to creek feature, garden needs no water, after second year.  Bi-monthly professional maintenance, 5 years old.

 

      8)       Wool – 755 Pierino Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Eichler with mature Chinese elm. Features a wildflower bunchgrass meadow, oakwoodland, riparian and mixed evergreen woodland plant communities.
Garden built in 2008. Gravel mulch sets off the blooming species of California lilac, buckwheats, flannelbush and plenty of leafy reed grass, to name just a few.

  

      9)       Altmaier – 22605 Salem Avenue, Cupertino, CA 95014
Traditional California Home, 1970s construction in Cupertino foothills, habitat garden, native chaparral plantings, hot southwest exposure, mortared flagstone driveway, decomposed granite/flagstone entry with fountain, mature garden, 8 years old, bi-monthly maintenance, water once per week for 10 minutes.

 

   10)       Bender – 6115 Franciscan Way, San Jose, CA 95120
Wildflowers with many species of flowering perennials gravel paths and curved blue stone entry path.

 

   11)       Amin – 1114 Nevada Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125
In your neighborhood, a Redwood Garden.

  

   12)       Clark – 241 Moselle Court, San Jose, CA 95119
Call ahead for Richard or Ambar 408-608-7395. See backyard: dog-friendly garden.