Several Bay-Friendly Grant projects have been successfully designed and implemented throughout Alameda County. Some examples include the following landscapes:
Buchanan Street Medians, City of Albany
Ten street medians along a major urban thoroughfare mark the gateway to the City of Albany. The City of Albany implemented Bay-Friendly Landscaping as a part of the renovation of approximately 12,850 square feet of planters to reduce maintenance time and costs, conserve water and provide a bright and unique entrance to the city. Some of the innovative practices applied here are use of drip irrigation to reduce weeds and conserve water, use of sheet mulch to reduce weeds during the establishment period and improve soil health and, a diverse selection of low-water use natives and Mediterranean plants.
Pleasanton Fire Station #2, City of Pleasanton
When the City of Pleasanton wanted to develop a 3.26 acre parcel with a 7,600 sq. ft. fire house, they worked closely with StopWaste.Org to receive both Green Building & Bay-Friendly Landscaping Grants. Completed in 2005, Pleasanton Fire Station #2 serves a new residential neighborhood as well as the surrounding community. This project has a large bioswale that wraps around the perimeter of the parcel and is planted with native sedges and sycamore trees. There is no turf in any of the large landscape areas and no shrubs that need shearing. There is room for leaf litter to feed the soil as mulch. All of these features, along with a self-adjusting weather based irrigation controller, greatly reduce the maintenance requirements for this landscape. The fire station building also received a LEED® Gold rating.
Sara Connor Court, City of Hayward
Developed in partnership with the nonprofit partnership, Eden Housing, Sara Conner Court is a 57-unit development of new affordable rental housing located at the southeastern gateway to the City of Hayward. The development revitalizes and reuses an infill brownfield site. The project is Green Point Rated and Bay-Friendly and received grant funding from Green Building as well as Bay-Friendly. Some of the unique features are that all of the storm water from the roof and paved surfaces is first channeled to landscaped areas and swales before reaching a storm drain. Recycled picnic tables, play structure and surface, edging, and parking stops were used. There are no small areas of turf and turf was reserved for recreational uses only. The topsoil was stored during construction and reapplied mixed with compost and natural fertilizers that were based upon a soil nutrient analysis and topped with recycled mulch. The non-turf plantings are summer-dry adapted natives and Mediterranean plants. The diverse planting attracted nesting hummingbirds within a month of planting.
Ten street medians along a major urban thoroughfare mark the gateway to the City of Albany. The City of Albany implemented Bay-Friendly Landscaping as a part of the renovation of approximately 12,850 square feet of planters to reduce maintenance time and costs, conserve water and provide a bright and unique entrance to the city. Some of the innovative practices applied here are use of drip irrigation to reduce weeds and conserve water, use of sheet mulch to reduce weeds during the establishment period and improve soil health and, a diverse selection of low-water use natives and Mediterranean plants. 
When the City of Pleasanton wanted to develop a 3.26 acre parcel with a 7,600 sq. ft. fire house, they worked closely with StopWaste.Org to receive both Green Building & Bay-Friendly Landscaping Grants. Completed in 2005, Pleasanton Fire Station #2 serves a new residential neighborhood as well as the surrounding community. This project has a large bioswale that wraps around the perimeter of the parcel and is planted with native sedges and sycamore trees. There is no turf in any of the large landscape areas and no shrubs that need shearing. There is room for leaf litter to feed the soil as mulch. All of these features, along with a self-adjusting weather based irrigation controller, greatly reduce the maintenance requirements for this landscape. The fire station building also received a LEED® Gold rating. 
Developed in partnership with the nonprofit partnership, Eden Housing, Sara Conner Court is a 57-unit development of new affordable rental housing located at the southeastern gateway to the City of Hayward. The development revitalizes and reuses an infill brownfield site. The project is Green Point Rated and Bay-Friendly and received grant funding from Green Building as well as Bay-Friendly. Some of the unique features are that all of the storm water from the roof and paved surfaces is first channeled to landscaped areas and swales before reaching a storm drain. Recycled picnic tables, play structure and surface, edging, and parking stops were used. There are no small areas of turf and turf was reserved for recreational uses only. The topsoil was stored during construction and reapplied mixed with compost and natural fertilizers that were based upon a soil nutrient analysis and topped with recycled mulch. The non-turf plantings are summer-dry adapted natives and Mediterranean plants. The diverse planting attracted nesting hummingbirds within a month of planting.