Stefanie Covino, Coordinator of the
Shaping the Future of Your Community program notes, «Our water resources are increasingly stressed, but conserving and restoring the natural landscape with
native plants can offer social, environmental, and economic benefits such as improved air quality, property values, energy savings, and habitat — both locally and downstream.»
They open directly onto a lush tropical garden
planted with many
native species of trees, palms, flowers, and orchids; a natural swimming pool of smooth
shape offers its fresh and clear water.