HOA Projects
As Sustainable Solano has grown our focus from single residential yards to community spaces and resilient neighborhoods, we have worked with homeowners associations to help advance the vision of more sustainable spaces within our communities.
We have done projects in partnership with Hampton Bay HOA and Bay Vista HOA, both in Benicia, that we hope will serve as examples for other HOAs that are looking for ways to create more sustainable, aesthetically pleasing and cost-saving landscapes among their common areas.
If you are an HOA interested in transitioning to more sustainable landscaping, please fill out this form so we can explore possibilities!
Why Sustainable?
The pilot projects at these HOAs transformed sites that were previously lawn. Soilogical‘s Michael Wedgley created designs that incorporate plants that attract pollinators and support each other, in-ground swales that capture rainwater and the use of mulch to build healthy soil. To create healthy soil that will better hold water and nurture healthy plants, Michael applied extracts and compost tea that will encourage soil life to flourish. By creating a rich environment, there will be less need for added irrigation once the sites are established.
Learn more about creating healthy soil life in this paper:
– Growing Healthier Plants and Ecosystems Regeneratively with Biology
Watch a video presentation on soil biology here:
