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Watergarden Videos

Share EnviroscapeLA Founder Mike Garcia shows the finished Sustainable Water Garden. This took the experienced Enviroscape crew one day to build and the infrastructure (By ProEco Products) is the world’s most sustainable, saving the homeowner lots of $$ in electricity costs. Louie Gamino of EnviroscapeLA talks about the pond pumps that save money by saving electricity EnviroscapeLA talks about how rocks in a pond are held together….pond foam. Not all pond foam is created equal. Pond foam by ProEco Products is the strongest pond foam on the market. Landscape design contractor and EnviroscapeLA Founder Mike Garcia talks about how to … Continue reading →

La Ballona Students Growing Great This Spring

Share La Ballona Students Growing Great This Spring In a flurry of activity before Spring Break, all six grades at La Ballona Elementary School completed their garden lessons and planted in the school’s newly built garden. Each grade followed a curriculum created by the nonprofit Growing Great. Kindergarten and first-grade students planted sunflowers and pumpkins, second-grade students planted flowers to attract pollinators, while the upper grades planted colonial, mission, and Native American crops. All of the children appeared happy to get their hands in the earth and the garden instructors were peppered with questions about the soil, plants, … Continue reading →

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Couple turns pool into sustainable tropical paradise

Share Dina Cramer wanted to turn their barely used backyard pool into a green garden with fountain, waterfall and a creek. She and her husband, Irl, both retirees, mentioned it to Mike Garcia of Enviroscape L.A. when he came by to trim their trees. Mike Garcia recommended the Manhattan Beach couple, who have grown children, turn the pool into a rainwater-harvesting garden. They already had the hole in the ground, he noted, which is usually the greatest expense for a rainwater garden. The EnviroscapeLA Crew made their dream come true , the barely used swimmingpool is convertd into a is … Continue reading →

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Underground Drip Irrigation By Mike Garcia, EnviroscapeLA

Share The Manhattan Beach, California project features more than 1,000 square feet of Pacific Sod (Medallion) yard, adding more than 2,000 pounds of Kelloggs Gromulch soil Enviroscape LA installed a lawn with subsurface drip irrigation to maximize water savings in a Manhattan Beach, California residence. Taking eight workers three days to complete, the project illustrates a relatively quick and affordable way to improve irrigation efficiency in an era of continuing watering restrictions. After they dug trenches using a Honda trencher (three inches deep and 12 inches apart), workers laid down more than 1,500 feet of the subsurface drip irrigation tubing. … Continue reading →

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CLCA Renovates the Richstone Family Center

Share Under the leadership of Mike Garcia, the CLCA took on the task of renovating the Richstone Family Center, located in Hawthorne, Calif. The crew from Enviroscape began by taking down a dying tree before attempting to conquer the concrete-like adobe clay soil. Ask what the California Landscape Contractors Association means to its members, and you will get a variety of answers. However, one view that all members will agree on is this: The CLCA exists to make a difference for the good in the lives of others. If this is the standard by which the CLCA has … Continue reading →

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Rainwater Capture Installations

Share Rainwater Capture Installations: A Good Business Opportunity By Gregory Harris, LCDBM This backyard used to have a swimming pool, but the yard was transformed into a rain-harvest collection system complete with a pondless waterfall. Harvested water keeps the landscape green year round, and drought-tolerant plants and porous materials add to the sustainable elements of the project. Paving stones were placed on top of an installation of Flexi-Pave, a porous product that allows for the capture of more rainwater. The rainwater storage tanks sit about five feet below this section of the backyard. Photo: Gregory Harris, LCDBM Rainwater collection does … Continue reading →

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Ponds

Share Mike Garcia Owner of Enviroscape Landscaping in Los Angeles, California phone : (310) 374-1199 Email : mike@enviroscapela.com

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Landscape Online Rainwater Harvesting Seminar

Share Landscape Seminar Course “Rainwater Harvesting” $35.00 Date: Thursday October 13 Time: 9:00 – 11:00 AM Presented by: : Mike Garcia, CPPC Course Description: Bidding and Installing Rain Water Harvesting Systems. Enviroscape’s most notable work can be at the Science Museum in downtown Los Angeles. The Enviroscape crew recently finished a 50 foot waterfall at the world famous Greystone Mansion, which is owned by the city of Beverly Hills. Last year, his company earned 4 first place finishes at the prestigious CLCA landscape competition, held in Los Angeles, California. On occasion, Mike flies to Sacramento to assist the Contractors State … Continue reading →

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Water Restrictions A Boon To L.A. Business

Share Article by neon tommy Andrew Khouri | June 1, 2011 Mike Garcia, owner of Enviroscape L.A., stands on top of his rain harvesting system. (Andrew Khouri) Standing in his lush yard in Redondo Beach, Mike Garcia showed off his green gadgets like a proud father. There was the permeable pavement, the drip irrigation system and hidden beneath a layer of recycled rubber tires, a series of tanks that capture and store up to 4,000 gallons of rainwater. Garcia installs such water savers. And, because water is scarce, his customer base has blossomed. “The phone has been ringing off … Continue reading →

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THE DAILY PLANT-IT May 2011 – Why Carry Workers’ Comp Insurance?

Share Why Carry Workers’ Comp Insurance? Or, Beware of the Cactus Needle I am at the doctor’s office as I write this article. Don’t worry, I am O.K. But I have been here since 10:00 a.m., and it is now 4:00 p.m. Let me give you some background as to why I’m here… As you know, we are in a drought and California native gardens are getting very popular. Native gardens need very little water, which will save your clients and mine a lot of money. Here’s the problem: Part of the low-water use family of plants are succulents and … Continue reading →