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Local Landscape Contractor wins industry awards for Xeriscape/Water Management and Design
June 20, 2011, Gilroy, CA: Landscape Innovation, Inc., and owners Greg Bozzo & Joe Carrera, carried away three awards from the Central Coast Chapter, California Landscape Contractors Association, at the awards dinner on June 17, 2011.
The Second Place Achievement award in the Design Build category is for a residential property in Gilroy, California. The project included designing and building a complete landscape treatment for the 3,500 square foot addition to the property. That included all plants, lights, rocks, masonry, and irrigation scopes. Landscape Innovation Inc. also designed and installed the new driveway for the entire property, as well as the fence/gate placement, lighting, irrigation upgrade, and plant changes for the entire project. One unique application was raising the current driveway up four feet to its current grade. The other neat application is the use of all L.E.D. lights, all switched on the inside of the house. Owners Greg Bozzo and Joe Carrera are both delighted to have received these awards, and particularly to be recognized for their water conservation work. “It’s very gratifying that CLCA and the Central Coast Chapter recognize that saving water is a very important part of the overall landscape package,” said Joe. Landscape Innovation Inc. is located in Gilroy, and has projects in Santa Clara, San Benito, Monterey and Santa Cruz counties.
The California Landscape Contractors Association (CLCA) is a non-profit trade organization of state licensed landscape and landscape-related limited specialty contractors. CLCA's membership, which totals approximately 2,500 individuals statewide, also includes suppliers to contractors, landscape architects, educators, public officials and students. CLCA serves the interests of its members as it promotes professionalism and advances awareness of the landscape industry. The Central Coast Chapter was founded in 1973 and currently includes 122 members in Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito and southern Santa Clara counties. |
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As a landscape contractor specializing in landscape water management, Landscape Innovation Inc. took both first place and second place achievement awards in the category of Xeriscape/Water Management. The first place award is for the landscape water management project at Village Green in Gilroy, California. During year one of the first phase of the Village Green project, the Village Green Homeowners Association saved 3,882,000 gallons of water. Their annual irrigation water bill went down by over $25,000, and they realized a first year savings over investment of $8,100. “Landscape Innovation Inc. helped us save millions of gallons of water and thousands of dollars in the first year alone!” said Terry Aulman, President of the Village Green HOA. Since this first landscape water management project, Village Green has implemented two additional phases, saving even more gallons of precious water, as well as dollars, all with limited investment required.
The Second Place Achievement award in the Xeriscape category is for the LaCrosse Village Apartment complex in Morgan Hill, California. This project included replacing 9,000 square feet of turf with low-water-use creeping Red Fescue, replacing outdated overhead irrigation with high efficiency sub-surface irrigation, and replacing outdated irrigation controllers with the latest weather-sensitive clocks. Again the savings were significant in the two years since inception: Landscape Innovation Inc. cut irrigation water usage in 2009 by 1,189,320 gallons, and saved the project $4,670, a 25% savings over the past two years. In 2010 LI cut water usage by 1,962,004 gallons, and saved $4,987, showing a 40% savings. The property owners are so pleased with this project’s results that they have done a similar improvement at another of their residential apartment complexes in Morgan Hill.