Two Irvine homeowners turned a cookie-cutter builder lawn into a plant-filled entertaining retreat on a post-purchase budget. Here's how they did it.
At 54, Margaret Chen has mastered the art of winter plant care in her Irvine backyard. Her secret? It's more about restraint than effort, and knowing when to simply stand still and listen.
After three years of struggling plants and a yard they avoided, a Lake Forest couple discovered that the right mulching strategy changed everything.
A Tustin couple gave their 35-year-old backyard a complete makeover with California natives, a rock fountain, and a fire pit — and saved $4,000 doing it.
How long-time Portola Hills residents turned a fire-risk headache into a stunning, low-maintenance landscape — hand-laying 12,000 pounds of river rock along the way.
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