Solano RCD Demonstration Sites
Ever wonder how we plan for restoration projects? Or why we choose the plants we install?
Would you like to use this information to make your own landscape more drought resilient and wildlife friendly?
Click on the links below for information about Solano RCD Demonstration Sites throughout the county.
You can find directions to each demonstration area, see photos and a description of each project, and find links to more information about the guiding ideas and materials that go into each site.
If you've landed here after scanning the QR code on our demonstration project signs, you're in the right place! Click on the links below to learn more:
cllick to learn more about the Vacaville Three Oaks Demonstration Meadow
The grass and sedge species featured in the demonstration meadow are native to California and thrive in our dry climate. Once established, they only need to be irrigated two or three times a month.
Replacing a traditional turf lawn with one (or more) of these California natives will greatly reduce landscape water use and will help create a drought-tolerant, wildlife-friendly yard. Featured species:
Red fescue (Festuca rubra)
Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis)
Slender sedge (Carex praegracilis)
June grass (Koeleria macrantha)
Purple needlegrass (Stipa pulchra
cllick to learn more about the Vacaville Larson Demonstration Garden
The trees and shrubs featured in this demonstration project are native to California and thrive in our dry climate. Once established, they require very little water, provide excellent habitat for local wildlife, and do well in Vacaville’s heavy clay soils.
Planting native species in your yard can beautify your landscape and conserve water.
Trees: Shrubs:
Box-elder Flannelbush
CA buckeye Hollyleaf cherry
CA sycamore Toyon
Interior live oak Western redbud
Valley oak Wild lilac
