Converting a Lawn to a Native Plant Garden, a talk by Julie Montanari

Learn about alternatives to lawns, including ground covers, meadows, perennial gardens, and low-maintenance shrubs — all designed using beautiful, water-wise California native plants. Julie Montanari is a landscape designer and Master Gardener. She co-chaired the Master Gardener 2011 Garden Tour of water-wise gardens on the Peninsula. Her home garden has been featured on several garden tours and she has a certificate in Environmental Horticulture from Foothill College.