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| Four Seasons Hemet Herald | March 2020 | 11 We hope you have come by to see the new landscaping at the pool! We thank Carolyn Sripathy and Bob Frahm for working closely with Artistic Maintenance, on coming up with a design that meets the needs of having a reclaimed water system close to the pool. Plants and trees were installed so there is plenty of room for growth. Boulders have been added for texture and to compliment the plantings. Artistic Maintenance worked hard to implement the vision for the landscaping. Thank you! As with every project, providing the right amount of water is crucial. Too much water and you drown the plant, not enough water and the plant dies. It is a good time to remind all homeowners this question: Are my plants getting too much, or not enough water? If your plant is looking distressed or dying, be sure to rule out if overwatering (or lack of water) might be the problem. It's also a good time to check your watering system as a whole – is there water running off into the street? You may need to adjust the time your sprinklers are on. Be sure to check your sprinkler system at least once a month. We often get questions and requests about our trees in the common areas in the community. Trees are beneficial for many reasons: providing shade and cooling in the summer, preventing erosion, and enhancing the landscaping to name a few. Some requests about the trees center on dropping leaves/needles onto private property, and may create work for the homeowners to clean and remove. Other requests are about removing trees because of potential or real damage that tree roots have on the private properties next to the Common Area trees. Unless there is an immediate danger (broken branches, blown over trees), the Landscape Committee are guided by a policy on tree removal when evaluating requests and complaints. Our guiding principle is that trees are not removed for trees doing what trees do – lose their leaves. We consider all requests and look at potential interventions such as cutting back roots, cutting branches, etc, and removing a tree as a last resort. Our trees receive regularly scheduled maintenance. This year in the fall, our pine trees are scheduled to be examined, trimmed and "laced." The Landscape Committee meets the first Wednesday of the month at 1 pm at The Lodge. Residents are welcome to attend. Landscape Committee

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