Presentation at the North Coast Rental Housing Association in June.

1. Curb Appeal:Attracting superior tenants with landscapingFoxtail Golf Course, June 15, 2010

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9. Experience working with apartment complexes, HOAs, investors, etc.

10. Review of rental properties throughout Northern California to investigate what is working and what isn’t

11. Certain plants do not do well with traffic, no maintenance

12. List of plants provided on outline

13. Plants and irrigation need yearly maintenance, no matter how low-maintenance

14. Maintenance is very important

15. Very knowledgeable of new State and Local Water Efficient Landscape Ordinances

16. State of California (AB 1881)

17. Rohnert Park, Petaluma, Cloverdale, Geyserville

18. County of Sonoma Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance #5872 (1/15/10)

19. City of Santa Rosa Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance #14-30 (eff. 1/1/10)

20. City of Cotati Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance #14.32 (eff. 5/1/10)

21. Town of Windsor Article 9 (effective 1/1/10)

22. City of Healdsburg Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance #1091 (eff. 1/1/10)

23. Very experienced in renovations of existing residential projectsMichael A. Cook, Landscape Architect

25. Year-round showing of color, foliage and flowers

26. Contrasting colors, range of colors provided, varying heights and spreads

27. Alternatives to lawn and high water use plants/features (except in backyards and/or select locations in front yard)

28. Vegetable plots

29. Herb gardens

30. Fruit trees

31. Sustainable installation methods with planting and irrigation

32. Water saving (especially if paid for by tenant) irrigation equipment

33. SMART irrigation controller, “you set it and leave it”

34. Use mulch!

35. Water feature in an appropriate location (high maintenance)

36. A horseshoe or bocce ball court for entertainingMichael A. Cook, Landscape Architect

38. Hire a professional landscape architect or landscape contractor to help plan and budget for your improvements

39. Discuss with your consultant the available rebates available in each jurisdiction:

40. Commercial (apartments/HOAs): up to $4600

41. Residential (single family/duplexes): up to $2800

42. Remove as much turf as possible, without limiting activity area for families

43. Use drought tolerant, low maintenance and high traffic compatible plants

44. Use large swaths of the same/similar plants if on busy road/corner

45. Take pictures before and after, market the after pictures

46. Explain benefits of new landscaping to your potential tenants: sustainable, low water use, attractive, etc.Michael A. Cook, Landscape Architect

48. Drought tolerant

49. Low maintenance

50. “tenant – resistant”/ deer-resistant (HARDY)

51. Sun, part-shade, full shade

52. Foliage, flowers

53. Deciduous vs. Evergreen

54. Have one to two specimen plants

55. Create a composition out of the plants that you have chosen

56. Trees, shrubs and groundcoversMichael A. Cook, Landscape Architect

57. Curb Appeal:Attracting superior tenants with landscaping Trees: Acer palmatum Acer palmatum Michael A. Cook, Landscape Architect Acer macrophylla Acer rubrum Apple Tree Arbutus ‘Marina’

58. Curb Appeal:Attracting superior tenants with landscaping Trees: Cotinus coggyria Lagerstroemia spp. Michael A. Cook, Landscape Architect Cercis occidentalis Laurus nobilis Malus spp. Olea europaea

59. Curb Appeal:Attracting superior tenants with landscaping Trees: Quercus agrifolia Quercus ilex. Michael A. Cook, Landscape Architect Pistachia chinensis Quercus lobata Pyrus calleryana Olea europaea

60. Curb Appeal:Attracting superior tenants with landscaping Shrubs: Berberis thunbergii Ceanothus ‘Frosty Blue’ Michael A. Cook, Landscape Architect Abelia grandiflora Coleonema pulchrum Cordyline ‘Red Sensation’ Cistus purpurea

61. Curb Appeal:Attracting superior tenants with landscaping Shrubs: Lavendula spp. Loropetalum spp. Michael A. Cook, Landscape Architect Escallonia spp. Salvia leucantha Sollya heterophylla Phormium tenax

62. Curb Appeal:Attracting superior tenants with landscaping Grasses: Calamograstis acutifolia Carex spp. Michael A. Cook, Landscape Architect Acorus spp. Festuca maurei Muhlenbergia lindheimerii Chondropetalum

63. Curb Appeal:Attracting superior tenants with landscaping Groundcovers: Euonymus ‘Emerald Gaeity’ Lantana montevidensis Michael A. Cook, Landscape Architect Achillea spp. Myoporum parvifolium Stachys byzantina Nepeta faassennii

64. Curb Appeal:Attracting superior tenants with landscaping Vines Clematis spp. Ficus pumila Michael A. Cook, Landscape Architect Bougainvillea spp. Hardenbergia spp. Rosa ‘Cecil Brunner’ Parthenocissus tricuspidata Wisteria floribunda

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74. QUESTIONS?Curb Appeal:Attracting superior tenants with landscapingFoxtail Golf Course, June 15, 2010Michael A. Cook, Landscape Architectwww.mac-la.net707-545-5235