ECOLOGICALLY BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES

Douglas Kent & Associates

CLIENTS

ORGANIZATIONS

Beacon Hills Windrift Community Association, Laguna Niguel, CA: Re-designed landscape to be ocean-friendly, managed the construction of new landscape, and negotiated contracts and work with landscape contractors.

Camp Fire USA, Long Beach, CA: Designed a large and showy native plant garden at entrance to facility. Provided all technical data to install and maintain landscape.
Council for a Green Environment, Sacramento, CA: Spokesperson for landscape industry's environmental educational in California, creating public information material and giving presentations to civic and business enterprises throughout the state.
Custom Landscapes, Rough and Ready, CA: Designed and helped oversee construction of beautiful, fire protected landscapes for a busy residential firm in the Sierra foothills.

FireSafe Santa Barbara, Marin and San Luis Obispo, CA: Produced educational material, gave presentations, and worked with councils to increase participation in FireSafe programs and Firescaping.

Long Beach Water District, Long Beach, CA: Help in the design of public spaces, including demonstration gardens and public facilities. Board member of Water Grants Program.

Mill Valley Emergency Preparedness Committee, Mill Valley, CA: Wrote public information material and press releases.

Oakland Wildfire Prevention District, Oakland, CA: Gave numerous presentations on wildfire protection.

Rincon Water District, Gave presentations on Firescaping throughout Eastern San Diego County. Up to 120 people attended each seminar.
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, CA: Evaluated garden on ability to resist a wildfire and protect the community, made design recommendations, and gave presentations.

Sloat Nurseries, Sausalito, CA: Designed and installed Marin's most comprehensive Firescaping demonstration garden, produced public information material, and gave presentations on fire protection.

Surfrider Foundation, San Clemente, CA: Author and adviser for Foundation's Ocean Friendly Gardens campaign, wrote gardening guidelines, designed and installed demonstration gardens, and currently giving presentations on OFG.

Tahoe Lakefront Homewoner's Association, Lake Tahoe, CA: Produced public education material and gave presentations on fire protection.

RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPES

All landscapes were designed by Douglas Kent & Associates and we either installed them or managed their construction.

Cohoon: 726 13th Street, Huntington Beach, CA: A relaxed and clean zero-runoff landscape designed for high use, but exceptionally low maintenance. Native riparian and chaparral plants attract a wonderful array of butterflies and birds.

Doyle: 3051 Hayes, Costa Mesa, CA: A nearly zero-runoff landscape designed to delight the homeowner. The garden is planted with a delectable mix of edible, native, and ornamental plants. The property captures and infiltrates approximately 20,000 gallons of rainwater a year.

Pellkofer: 656 Ridgewood Avenue, Mill Valley, CA: An energy dynamic landscape that was designed to capture much more energy and carbon than was used to create and maintain it. The landscape is also fire protected and planted with a variety of ornamental and native plants.

Pollino: 8101 Stewart Avenue, Westchester, CA: A nearly zero run-off landscape that throughly cleans the water that does leave and planted with a delightful mix of drought adapted, butterfly attracting ornamental and native plants. The property captures and infiltrates approximately 27,000 gallons of rainwater a year.

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