The Water-Efficient Landscape Gardens
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The WEL gardens at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center are open to the public seven days a week from sunrise to sunset for self-guided tours.
Wheelchair accessible, the gardens feature natives, commonly available perennials, trees, shrubs, and plants from other Mediterranean climates that do well with less water during our long, hot, dry summers and tolerate our chilly, damp Sacramento County winters. Most plants are labeled and many are UC Davis Arboretum All-Stars. The landscape demonstrates how home gardeners can be smart about using the water we have to create beautiful landscapes. (For more information see Gardening with Limited Water.)
January
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February
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March
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AprilGarden chores this month include:
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MayMay is the time to stop by and smell our roses, enjoy our spring blooming perennials, flowering cool season grasses and more. Lavenders and salvias with names like Hot Lips, Lipstick, Bees Bliss and Whirly Blue are top May choices for pollinating bees and hoverflies. For information about plants that are attractive in Sacramento in May, see the WEL spring plant list. Garden chores this month include:
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