Bike Tour Teaches About “Going Native”
A Bike Route Paved With Leisure, Learning and Tips GreenTown Los Altos hosted a Native Garden Bike Tour Sunday, May 19, through Los Altos and a corner of Mountain View. Led by Gary Hedden and Margie...
View ArticleSmart Rebates + Smart Irrigation = Smart Landscapes
Winter is the best time to plan and plant your landscaping. Plants are nearly dormant, their water needs are reduced and they are more likely to survive transplanting. Sustainable landscapes combine...
View ArticleDouble Rebates for Beautiful Low-Water Landscapes Until Sept. 30
As part of its Sustainable Living Speaker Series at Los Altos Library, GreenTown Los Altos recently hosted a seminar on high- to low-water landscape conversions. Speakers Frank Niccoli, adjunct...
View ArticleWho Knew A Bike Tour Could Yield Such Fun?
This year’s GreenTown Lawn-Be-Gone Bike Tour was a great success. Our group of almost 30 riders made seven stops to learn about drought-tolerant landscaping from local homeowners and designers. This is...
View ArticleCommunity Forum Yields Impressive Ideas! Thanks To YOU!
Feedback and good ideas continue to flow in, following GreenTown Los Altos’ (GreenTown) Community Forum held on April 18, 2016, at the Los Altos Library. More than 35 people attended the meeting,...
View ArticleWater Reduction Rebates Are Back!
The good news came on June 14 at the Santa Clara Valley Water District meeting. They set a 20% target for water reduction and reinstated rebates. At the meeting, the SCVWD lowered its water use...
View ArticleConsidering Native Plants? Look at Meadow Landscaping
Native plant gardens come in many flavors and what’s called meadow landscaping is becoming popular for many reasons. You can find out more at a talk, Oct. 27, 7PM at the Los Altos Library. The talk...
View ArticleAmerican Meadows: Beauty and The Flower Feast
There’s a new look in landscaping and it’s called the American Meadow. At a recent GreenTown Los Altos sponsored talk at the library, American Meadow expert John Greenlee showed a packed house example...
View ArticleCoastal Cleanup Day Volunteers Recover 51,260 Pounds of Trash in Santa Clara!
GreenTown’s 45 Volunteers Helped! As part of National Coastal Cleanup Day on Sept. 21, GreenTown Los Altos organized about 45 volunteers to clean Permanente Creek at Heritage Oaks Park in Los Altos....
View ArticleOur 500 Trees Campaign “Leaves” For Now, But Will Return!
162 Trees. That’s the count for this planting season for our 500 Trees Campaign – 159 trees in the ground and three more to be planted at the schools, currently delayed by Covid-19 school closures. The...
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