Paradise Hills group converts land loop into native-plant showcase
to establish regulatory guidelines and best practices for waste sites. Irrigation systems were no longer used as treatment elements for covered landfill surfaces.with plants native to the area and, by extension, native to the area’s climate. Native plant species adapted to our climatic conditions may thrive without supplemental irrigation systems. In addition, native plants support native bees, butterflies and birds.
In 2019, the individuals who had presented the proposal to the city formed a nonprofit group, Paradise Gardeners, a California Garden Clubs Inc. member group, and began to fund the project, The demonstration garden is composed of constituent garden areas, a pollinator garden, a rustic Western garden that includes a stand of young coast live oaks outside the old landfill perimeter, and an ethnobotany garden that educates visitors on the ways the area’s first peoples, the Kumeyaay, used native flora for food, medicines, tools, fuel, materials and cultural activities.
This winter’s parades of atmospheric rivers flooded the pollinator and butterfly gardens — in one 38-hour span, the site received nearly 5 inches of rain — damaging pathways and killing many natives that cannot endure “wet feet.” Mitigation has involved improved surface drainage and planting strategies in affected areas. The Western garden and most of the ethnobotany areas handled the deluges well, with minimal damage.
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