Why switch to a natural garden?
It saves you money! - up to 80% over a ten-year period in maintenance costs.
![]() No poisons: eliminate use of pesticides, insecticides, & phosphate fertilizers. ![]() Bring songbirds, butterflies, ladybugs & frogs back to your neighborhood! ![]() Safe for children to play in - no chemicals used, so children don't track poisons into the house, as is the case from many lawns. ![]() Non-polluting landscape - lawn mowers have 2-cycle engines, which create 11 times the amount of air pollution as the average car! ![]() No need to buy 2-cycle oil. ![]() No need for lawn mowers or other power equipment - no more purchasing of power equipment or paying repair bills & maintenance fees for upkeep. ![]() Reduce water use by 80%. ![]() No water irrigation after a 2-year establishment period. ![]() Does not contribute to greenhouse gases or global warming. ![]() Your garden can become a certified wildlife habitat garden by the National Wildlife Federation. ![]() No need to repair irrigation. No wasting of water. ![]() Encourage diversity in your garden. ![]() California native plants are beautiful! There will be something blooming 12 months a year in your garden. ![]() Your garden will always be filled with the sounds of nature, pollinators like native bees (these are tiny and don't bug people) hover flies, hummingbirds and butterflies. ![]() Songbirds you've not seen before may visit your garden, like warblers, juncos, vireos, waxwings, thrushes, mockingbirds, wrentits, grosbeak, gold finches, and the white crowned sparrow. ![]() If you select Middlebrook Gardens to install your natural garden, a percentage of the sale is donated to the California Native Garden Foundation. |