Garden tip: Tips for a fire-smart garden - Marin Independent Journal

A fire-smart landscape can have many types of trees. Trees shade, cool, clean the air and support wildlife for an Earth-friendly garden.

Here’s how to plan for one:

• Plan ahead. Space tree plantings so that the canopies will have 10 feet of clearance from the roof.

• Consider maintenance. Evergreen trees produce fallen leaves and debris year round. Deciduous or fruiting trees drop leaves or fruit annually.

• Thin trees so that the branches between trees or groupings of trees do not touch and have at least 10 feet separation between groups of trees.

Questions about choosing and placing the right tree to create a fire-smart landscape?

Go to marinmg.ucanr.edu and click on the link to fire-smart landscaping.

— Alice Cason, UC Marin Master Gardener

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