LATEST NEWS+

Sustainable Landscape Grants
FormLA Portfolio Page
County Landscape Subcommittee
Win – Wet or Dry

UPCOMING EVENTS+

Coastal Hike and Learn
Native Plant Garden Design
Wild Eats Hike and Learn

SERVICE UPDATES+

What to Expect
FormLA Maintenance Tasks

TEAM UPDATE+

Meet John Cook
Meet the FormLA Mascot
Coastal Hike and Learn

UPCOMING EVENTS+

The FormLA team has garden installations at several events
this Fall, and we would
enjoy seeing you:

September 18: Watch for the FormLA Client Survey

September 19: Hike and Learn at the Coast with Cassy and Kirk. Get details

October 17, 31, and November 14, 9:00am – 1pm: Native Plant Garden Design with Cassy Aoyagi, hosted by the Theodore Payne Foundation. Get details

November 7, 10am: Wild Eats Hike and Learn with Cassy and Kirk. Get details

TEAM UPDATE+

Meet John Cook
Avid surfer and environmentalist John Cook ensures FormLA designs come to fruition in the field, visiting our build sites daily.
Read John's Biography

Meet the FormLA Mascot
Dara has arrived...for proper puppy socialization she needs to meet 100 more people in 4 weeks, so be on the lookout for the little rascal!

Hike and Learn at the Coast
Hikers enjoyed amazing city and ocean vistas, as well as unusual rock formations and distinctive plant communities on our August hike. The bridge at mid-way provided a great place to rest, snack and rock climb.
Get Hike Details

CONTACT FORMLA+

Cassy and Kirk Aoyagi, Principals: Cassy@formlainc.com

Mark Britten, Production Manager: Mark@formlainc.com

John Avakian, Bookkeeping: John@formlainc.com

Noe Granados, Maintenance Care Supervisor: Noe@formlainc.com

The City of Santa Monica will provide up to 50 percent or $5000 for sustainable landscaping of any type of property within the City of Santa Monica. Three FormLA clients earned grants to add qualified irrigation equipment and climate-appropriate plants to their parkways. Many L.A. cities have similar incentives.
Find Out If You Are Eligible

It's now possible to view the distinctive, sustainable custom landscapes created by FormLA Landscaping at a glance! See a range of outdoor living spaces, including water-wise fountains, handsome barbeques and fire pits, as well as lush, colorful natives.
View the FormLA Portfolio

Win the FormLA Wet to Dry Exchange and plant a nice, big dry one wherever you like! Both Salvia Splendens and Zauschneria offer fiery red blooms that can bring life to dry, late summer landscapes. Guess which plant lives dry and which will drink you out of house and home.
Win the Wet to Dry Exchange

Aoyagi now represents the Theodore Payne Foundation on the L.A. County Green Building Landscape Subcommittee. The subcommittee, which includes landscape architects, county planners, and representatives from four L.A. County-based garden foundations, is tasked with developing a local mandatory drought tolerant plant list consistent with the California Department of Water Resources’ Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance by April of 2010.

Watch for...

• your native plants to rejuvenate and come alive as summer temperatures cool
• the heat to take a toll on thirsty plants...consider swapping them for drought tolerant natives and Mediterraneans

FormLA teams will be...

• cutting back thriving natives and native grasses as they experience growth spurts through September and October
• setting irrigation systems to water less often and more deeply to help existing landscapes establish tolerance to drought conditions
• identifying garden areas to fill-in with fall planting
• evaluating the fall and winter pruning needs of trees