Low Maintenance Landscaping for the Barnegat Bay Watershed: A Guide for Ocean County Homeowners

This guide shows Ocean County homeowners how to save time and money on landscaping by using effective horticultural practices. The "low maintenance" landscaping techniques described in this document offer practical and inexpensive ways to landscape in Ocean County. Issues such as plans for planting, low maintenance lawns, controlling lawn pests, and alternatives to home lawns are discussed.Prepared for Ocean County with a grant from the Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Environmental Services. This grant is being administered by the Ocean County Soil Conservation District, which coordinated the establishment of the Partnership for Nonpoint Source Pollution Control in Barnegat Bay Watershed.Purpose: To show Ocean County homeowners how to save time and money on landscaping by using effective horticultural practices