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Well its a new year and here in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties its the time of the year it can be cold and rainy. We want to give you a couple tips for getting your landscape through the winter.
 
First off, you want to make sure that your drains,

Our featured project this month is a small but highly necessary drainage project we completed recently in Thousand Oaks. As you will see in the photos, this client’s garage actually sat below grade in the corner of their front yard. To compound matters, they had some man made hills

Great news for Water Wise Landscapes in Santa Barbara, Goleta, Montecito, Summerland, Carpinteria and other areas of Santa Barbara county! The family of Santa Barbara County water providers has gotten together and approved a program that gives you cash for making your garden more water wise. Rebates are available

December Christmas Lights Contest – Win a Full Color Landscape Design for your front or back yard! Post your house photo to our Facebook Wall and we will announce the winner on December 31st. Must be a current photo of your home…Seasons Greetings!

Starting December 1st, sign up for our e-newsletter and enter to win one of 5 $50 Wood Ranch Gift Cards. Wood Ranch is a Ventura County and Santa Barbara favorite for a uniquely American BBQ Dining Experience and if youre one of the few who have never tried it, youre in

Whenever we design a new project for a customer here in Ventura County, we always include low voltage landscape lighting whether or not it was asked for. And more often then not, customers say “Why do I need that?”, especially when they see the price. But for the typical front or

Environmentally speaking, sacrificing turf benefits by mandating native plants is net negative when viewed from a perspective that considers more than water conservation alone.
Every situation is different, but get the facts before you make a decision
Air purification
All plants convert carbon dioxide to oxygen through photosynthesis. The

Anyone seen sprinklers watering in the rain? Ever turn your timer off and forget to turn it back on? Not sure how long to keep it off? Rainbird’s Smart Controller takes care of that. It measures rainfall intensity and combines it with onsite temp readings and all your site

With the first of a series of 4 storms coming our way tonight, its not too late to install a drainage system. Scarlett’s Landscape is experienced in the troubleshooting of an existing drainage system or the design and installation of a new one. Just last week, we installed an

First off we would like to say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Second we would like to thank all of you for making 2009 our most successful year ever! During an era of unprecedented economic change not seen since the Great Depression, we really feel blessed to have