Archive for the ‘Landscaping’ Category

Recent Enhancements to the Entry on Paseo de las Verdes

Posted on: September 30th, 2026

The community recently planted three mature date palms to the center island next to the entry on Paseo de las Verdes to the south mesa. This center island was previously owned and maintained by the city of Encinitas. After some lengthy negotiations the city agreed to allow us to take over ownership and responsibility to […]

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Tree Removals

Posted on: August 21st, 2026

Within the next month the community will be removing a number of Afghan (alderica) pine trees which has either become diseased and/or interfering with the growth of parkway trees. This species of pine has proven to be very susceptible to the ghost canker fungus and there is no treatment or cure for them. Over the […]

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Damage to Common Areas – Samuel Court

Posted on: July 28th, 2026

Unfortunately, there continues to be substantial damage being done to the turf in the small Samuel Court. Photos are below. This is at least the third time that the community has had to address such damage that results in having to replace large areas of turf at a cost of thousands of dollars which every […]

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Paseo de las Verdes – Center Island

Posted on: June 15th, 2026

One of the top priorities for our landscaping strategy is to maintain very attractive and well kept entries into all developments within the community. A major source of irritation to achieve that priority in the past two years has been the inability to address serious deficiencies with the landscaping in the center island of Paseo […]

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Center Island on Paseo de las Verdes Update

Posted on: May 20th, 2026

Recently, the city agreed to turn over maintenance responsibility for the center island on Paseo de las Verdes as a result of months of lobbying the Parks & Recreation Department as well as senior city staff. The board has approved removal of the three africian tulip trees and replacement with three date palms. This will […]

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Paseo de las Flores – City Landscaping

Posted on: May 18th, 2026

As an outcome of strong lobbying on the part of our community, the city recently completed replanting the parkways along Paseo de las Flores from Quail Gardens Drive to the entry monument. Below is just one small section of the street to highlight their work. It will benefit all of us by improving the overall […]

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