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With historic drought gripping the state, the old norm of lush green lawns is becoming simply unsustainable. Together, with the Foothills of Windsor Homeowners Association and the Town of Windsor, we created a new normal in suburban landscapes, starting with the transformation of 7,500 ft2 of water-thirsty lawn into a water-wise, edible, and habitat-providing demonstration garden. [...]

In the summer of 2015, the Sonoma County Water Agency contracted Daily Acts and Conservation Corps North Bay to execute an eight-week Youth Ecology Corps pilot program to replace lawns in the cities of Rohnert Park and Cotati including the installation of three model sites. One of the model site installations involved transforming the front lawn [...]

In May 2009, Daily Acts partnered with the City of Petaluma, Rebuilding Together and Petaluma Bounty to spearhead a water-wise transformation of the city’s Cavanagh Recreation Center. Over 3,500 square of lawn was transformed into a water conserving landscape of food, medicinal, and habitat plants. This incredible effort to sheet-mulch 3,500 square feet of turf [...]