This is, of course, the best part of the website because, when landscaping, it is not regulations we want to talk about but plants!
There is an enormous set of existing web resources for California for firescape gardening and plant selection:
- BFD’s defensive space section, has excellent resources, that include a downloadable flyer of appropriate plants [PDF]
- Fire-Smart Landscaping For Enhanced Wildfire Safety | CAL FIRE
- Drought tolerant, fire resistant and highly flammable plants - Kensington Fire Protection District
- Fire-Resistant Landscaping | City of San José
- FireSafe Marin’s Fire-Smart Yard, plant selection page, fire-smart plant list, and fire-hazardous plant list
- UC Marin Master Gardeners [Firescape page](Plan Your Fire-smart Landscape - UC Marin Master Gardeners, plant list, and tree list
- Fire-Resilient Landscaping with Native Plants
- Fire-Resistant Landscaping - California Native Plant Society
- Defensible Space & Firewise Planting | Napa County, CA
- The Real Dirt Blog: Fire-Resistant Plants - UC Master Gardeners of Butte County
- Landscaping for Wildfire Resilience | Theodore Payne Foundation
- FireSafe Monterey County Plant Lists
- Firesafe Council of San Diego Plant List [PDF]
- City of Santa Barbara Plant List [PDF]
- List of the Most Fire Resistant Plants | WFCA