SustainaBlue Landscapes eNewsletter
Edition 11
May/June 2018
Join us for our annual Water Festival!
Saturday, May 19th
10am - 2pm
event details at www.smwd.com
We had another successful SustainaBlue Landscapes Tour! Thank you to everyone who participated this year.

Visit our website for more info on our 10 featured homes.
CLICK HERE for photos from the day of the event.
Landscape 1
Landscape 2
Landscape 3
Landscape 4
Landscape 5
Landscape 6
Landscape 7
Landscape 8
Landscape 9
Landscape 10
  ◦ Tip of the Month 
Visit a local demonstration garden!

Visit our neighbor, El Toro Water District, and complete a self-guided tour of their newly installed water wise demo garden . See beautiful, drought tolerant plants in person and leave inspired!

24251 Los Alisos Blvd.
Lake Forest, CA 92630

◦ Plant of the Month 
Concha California Lilac
Ceanothus 'Concha'

  • California native shrub!
  • Height & Width: 6' to 8'
  • Flower Color: blue
  • Bloom Time: spring
  • Water: low
  • Exposure: full sun, half sun
  • Garden Uses: attracts hummingbirds & butterflies
For more info and photos of Concha California Lilac visit
◦ May In the Natural Garden 

CLICK HERE to read the full article

from Tree of Life Nursery.
  • It's definitely time to start your summer watering schedule if you did not do so in April. We simply did not get enough rain to sufficiently infiltrate the soil at the deeper root zones, so you must start locking in some deep moisture now before the weather and the soils warm up.
  •  A way to get ready for summer is to clean up the outside edges of woody shrubs and flowering perennials.

For more details on how to use the Watering Index  and how to create a custom watering schedule using the online Watering Calculator, visit our website


◦ Upcoming Classes & Events by Others 


*FREE classes and events @  Tree of Life Nursery

Saturday, May 19 @ 9:30am
Desert Bonsai Bowl

Saturday, May 26 @ 9:30am
Gardening with Desert Plants

Saturday, June 2 @ 9:30am
Creating & Caring for Your Native Garden

Saturday, June 9 @ 9:30am
Plant Selection: Summer Bloomers
Garden Workshops 
@ OC Great Park

Saturday, May 19
10:00am - 11:00am

Sunday, May 20
10:00am - 11:00am

Saturday, June 16
10:00am - 11:00am

Sunday, June 17
10:00am - 11:00am
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Santa Margarita Water District
Water Use Efficiency
efficiency@smwd.com  |  949-459-6593  |   www.smwd.com
26111 Antonio Parkway
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688
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