Treating Rainwater as a Resource
Located at the corner of Embarcadero Road and Waverley Street, Gamble's Watershed Garden is a vibrant, water-efficient garden that demonstrates the watershed approach to landscaping. The watershed approach treats each garden as part of a greater watershed, relying on sustainable and resilient practices to preserve resources, support wildlife and keep our oceans clean by eliminating stormwater run-off.
The Watershed Garden elements include colorful, climate-appropriate plantings, turf alternatives, a gurgling boulder fountain, and curving pathways that entice passersby to stop and experience all the beauty and tranquility that Gamble has to offer. The magnificent Canary Island palm tree remains and serve as an inspiration for the textural, low maintenance plantings.
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This garden project was awarded a Santa Clara Valley Water Mini-Grant.
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GAMBLE’S WATERSHED GARDEN PLANT LIST
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Achillea ‘Island Pink’
Carex divulsa
Salvia mellifera ‘Terra Seca’
Salvia spathacea
Ceanothus ‘Wheeler Canyon’
Ceanothus ‘Yankee Point’
Cercis occidentalis ‘Claremont’
Ceanothus hearstiorum
Allium ‘Gladiator’
Correa glabra ‘Coliban River’
Crassula multicava
Arbutus unedo ‘Compacta’
Mimulus ‘Dark Pink’
Sporobolus wrightii
Eichinocactus grusonii
Seslaria ‘Greenlee + sierra azul
Aloe ‘Moonglow’
Beschoneria y. ‘Flamingo Glow’
Eriogonum f. ‘Warriner Lytle’
Epilobium c. ‘Marin Pink’
Agave a. ‘Medio Picta’
Eriogonum ‘Grande Rubescens’
Euphorbia ‘Ascot Rainbow’
Euphorbia rigida
Yucca filamentosa ‘Colorgard’
Festuca ‘Siskiyou Blue’
Grevillea lanigera ‘Mount Taboritha’ (prostrata)
Xanthorrhoea preissii
Hardenbergia Mini Ha Ha
pachycereus lemarii
Patridge Grass
Festuca californica ‘river house blues’
Brahea armata
Lavandula stoechas ‘Double Anouk’ or ‘Avonview’
Lomandra ‘Platinum Beauty’
Muhlenbergia dubia
Garrya elliptica
Rhus integrifolia
Myrica californica
Pennisetum spathiolatum (pacific nursery
Ribes s. glutinosum
Calandrinia s. ‘Jazz Time’
Rosmarinus officinalus ‘Huntington Carpet’
Sedum angelina
Westringia ‘ Wynyabbie Highlight”
Woodwardia fimbriata
Yucca rostrata (or rigida) ‘Blue Velvet’
Miscanthus transmorrisinsensis
Mimulus ‘Jellybean White’
Baccharis ‘Centeninial’
Carex pansa
Lavatera assurgentiflora
Melianthus ‘Purple Haze’
Prostanthera ovalifolia ‘Variegata’
Carex tumulicola
ribes viburnifolium
Sedum ‘thunderhead’
Achillea ‘ Island pink or lavender Beauty’ or Pink Grapefruit
Carpenteria californica
Lepechinia fragrans
Ceanothus ‘Skylark’
Heuchera maxima
Heuchera ‘ Wendy’
Carex tumulicola
Carex pansa
Festuca ‘Siskiyou Blue’
Gazania ‘Trailing Purple’
Sesleria ‘Greenlee’s Hybrid’
Greenlee grasses and sedges: Texas blue grass
Stachys bullata
Cercis c. Texensis ‘Oklahoma’
Cistus ‘Little Miss Sunshine’
Ruschia Nana: Flora Source
UC verde Buffalo Grass: For a Source
Bent Grass: Delta Blue Grass Sod
Correa ‘Wyn’s Wonder’
Cistanthe grandiflora
Arctostaphylos ‘Howard McMinn’
Berberis ‘Golden Abundance’
Berberis aquifolium ‘Compacta’
Dasyliron longissimum
Epilobium c. ‘Marin Pink’
Euphorbia c. ‘wulfenii’ shorty
Festuca ‘Beyond Blue’
Festuca ‘Siskiyou Blue’
Festuca californica ‘Serpentine Blue’
Gazania ‘Trailing Purple’ (green leaf)
Heteromeles a. ‘DAVIS GOLD’
Heuchera ‘ Wendy’
Heuchera maxima
Iris ‘Canyon Snow’
Juncus patens ‘Elk Blue’
Kniphofia
Lavandula ‘Hidcote’
Leymus ‘Canyon Prince’
Lomandra ‘Platinum Beauty’
Mimulus ‘Snow Angel’
Ozothamnus diosmifolius ‘Pink’
Phlomis russelliana
Rhamnus ‘Eve case’
Rhus ovata
Ribes viburnifolium ‘Spooner’s Mesa’
Salvia ‘Ignition Purple’
Sedum ‘thunderhead’
Sesleria ‘Greenlee’s Hybrid’
Stachys bullata
Yucca ‘Bright star’
