ADVISORY/Oceanside Opens New Community Garden Highlighting Sustainable, Waterwise Landscaping.Business Editors/Calendar EditorsADVISORY...for Saturday Saturday: see week; Sabbath. (June June: see month. 12) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Restoration Project at Buena Vista Lagoon lagoon Area of relatively shallow, quiet water with access to the sea but separated from it by sandbars, barrier islands, or coral reefs. Coastal lagoons have low to moderate tides and constitute about 13% of the world's coastline. Nature Center Offers Living Example of Attractive California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Native Plant Landscaping for Residents
WHAT: Oceanside's newest community garden will open with a
weekend-long public celebration that includes an opening
ceremony, garden tours and workshops for children. A
$75,000 City Makeover grant from Metropolitan Water District
funded a re-landscaping of the Buena Vista Lagoon Nature
Center grounds, located within California's oldest
ecological reserve.
WHEN: Saturday, June 12, 9-10 a.m., opening ceremony
WHERE: Buena Vista Lagoon Ecological Reserve, 2202 S. Coast Hwy.,
Oceanside (San Diego County Thomas Guide, page 1106, D-4)
WHO: Oceanside Mayor Terry Johnson; Metropolitan directors
representing San Diego County Water Authority, including
Carlsbad Mayor Claude "Bud" Lewis and James Turner of
Oceanside; and officials from California Department of Fish
and Game, California and Buena Vista Audubon Society and
Buena Vista Native Plant Club
VISUALS: Children, adults, birds and bugs, beautiful new California
native landscaping; B-roll with "before" footage of the site
will be available at the event
BACKGROUND:
Logging more than 6,000 visitors annually, the Buena Vista
Lagoon and Nature Center is the site of Oceanside's City
Makeover project. Encompassing 260 acres, Buena Vista
provides critical habitat for up to 236 species of birds, 18
mammal species, 15 species of reptiles and amphibians, 10
fish species and 13 plant ecosystems.
Oceanside was one of 11 cities and public agencies to
receive funding through Metropolitan's City Makeover
Program, established in 2001 to transform highly visible
public landscapes into native and California-friendly plant
showcases as part of an outreach effort to reduce outdoor
water use.
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