Published: Nov 21, 2016 | 09:00 AM

New RightScape Garden Unveiled at San Joaquin Marsh

Next time you visit IRWD’s San Joaquin Marsh, be sure to stop by the new demonstration garden. This garden contains more than three dozen plant varieties that illustrate how colorful and practical drought-tolerant landscaping can be.

The new garden’s distinctive feature is a river rock storm water bioswale, which serves to collect irrigation and rain water and allowing it to percolate into the ground instead of running into the storm drains.

This demonstration garden showcases a hybrid of native and non-native drought-tolerant plants that would work well in any Southern California yard. Each plant is identified with a plant marker and QR bar code to scan for mobile access and plant care information.

The demonstration garden is located between the pink San Joaquin Marsh House visitors center and the green caretaker’s house. The garden was planted in September and it should take about two years for the plants to fully mature and fill in.

You can visit the garden and the Marsh 365 days a year, dawn to dusk.

If you would like to see a demonstration garden that has matured, stop by our Sand Canyon headquarters office and visit the garden that was planted two years ago.

Visit our RightScape website for more water-saving information.