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The UC Davis Public Garden: redefining the campus landscape
As part of the UC Davis Public Garden Initiative, the campus will undertake a master planning effort to redesign portions of the campus landscape to save money, improve campus aesthetics, and provide...
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La Rue Road Medians Conversion: October 2011
Grounds staff have sprayed the turf in the median and you should see the grass turning brown. In a couple of weeks, the turf will be removed and work will begin on retrofit of the irrigation from...
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La Rue Road median conversion: prepped for grass removal
As you can see from these before and after photos, the grass on the La Rue Road medians is now prepped for removal and conversion from a high-maintenance, high-water lawn, to a low-water,...
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La Rue Road median progress: grass removal
This pilot project is already well on its way to completion thanks to a collaborative group of Public Garden team members including Andrew Fulks, Director of the Riparian Reserve. who is serving as...
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Wildflower mix to be planted along La Rue Road median
In order to convert the high-maintenance, high-water turf landscape on the La Rue Road medians to a low-water, low maintenance feature landscape, we first had to get rid of the Bermuda grass—easier...
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La Rue Road median update
In our last update on this project we let you know that a native wildflower mix would be planted here to allow our teams another growing season to eliminate the Bermuda grasses. (To read more about...
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La Rue Road median update
After a long wait and an unusually dry winter, some of the wild flowers planted along the La Rue Road median are finally putting on a show at the intersection of Russell Blvd. and La Rue Road. The...
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The La Rue Road median project continued to move quietly forward over the summer and into fall. The wildflowers that found their home in the median through the spring were cut back and tilled into the...
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Lawn removal and design tips from the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden Team
CARY AVERY, Associate Director, UC Davis Grounds and Landscape Services: "If you are trying to get rid of Bermuda grass, don't rush the process. Spray it with an herbicide, wait for it to die, remove...
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Taking out turf and trading up: landscaping the La Rue Road median
(Note: This content also appeared in the Davis Enterprise on March 6, 2013.) The change was gradualthe grass once blanketing La Rue Road median between Russell Boulevard and Garrod Drive faded then...
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La Rue Road median update
Early in 2014, teams from the Arboretum and Public Garden, including Grounds and Landscape Services, assembled to plant the northernmost section of the La Rue Road median with plants selected for...
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