Ocean-friendly garden leads by example on MB Strand
A digital rendering of Manhattan Beach’s ocean-friendly garden on the Strand, expected to be completed this March. Courtesy of the City of Manhattan Beach Construction is expected to begin Tuesday for Manhattan Beach’s eco-friendly garden on the Strand. The project will transform one of the existing planters on Manhattan Beach Boulevard near the pier to a 2,375 square-foot showcase of sustainable gardening practices, said Sona Kalapura, the city’s environmental programs manager. The Ocean Friendly Garden should be blooming by March. “It’s the perfect way to show residents how they can build a garden like this on their own,” Kalapura said. “Sustainable landscaping is one initiative we’re really moving forward with.” Last January, the city secured a grant of $23,000 from the California Department of Water Resources and West Basin Municipal Water District to turn one of the planters on the Strand into an “ocean-friendly garden,” Kalapura said. “Ideally in the future we could secure some other funding to re-landscape the other side as well,” she added. The garden is part of West Basin’s “Ocean Friendly Program,” which since 2008 has groomed landscapes into aesthetic gardens that…
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