Article: Replacing that thirsty lawn with a drought-tolerant garden

Water conservation continues to be a priority in Southern California.

To help home gardeners in this effort, led a class at Ann Barklow and Mimi Andersen of Garden Magic Company Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden in Polliwog Park on a recent Saturday, providing tips on how to remove a water-guzzling lawn and replace it with a drought-tolerant garden. This is definitely a trend, since low- water plants can survive with at least half the water it takes to maintain a lawn.

Barklow said there is no shortage of misinformation online about how to kill a lawn.

Some are old wives' tales, such as using pickling vinegar. Other ideas, such as applying powerful chemicals, can be bad for the environment. ...

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