Disneyland’s horticulture team cuts water usage by 13% to address drought concerns.
Planters on Main Street, U.S.A. feature a barrier of grass that will soon be replaced with artificial turf at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Thursday, July 28, 2022.
Members of the Disney horticulture team; Craig Alndis, left, Elizabeth Coles, Cheryl Baumann and Gary Hunter on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Thursday, July 28, 2022. Plant sweat calculations from the Disneyland weather station allow the park’s horticulture team to adjust watering runtimes for planters and trees — with an eye toward saving water.
A tipping rain bucket at the Disneyland weather station tied into the irrigation system measures moisture within one-hundredth of an inch. More than 100 internet-connected controllers manage nearly 1,000 irrigation valves that feed more than 60 miles of sprinkler and drip lines throughout the resort. Disney horticulture specialist Elizabeth Coles examines the succulents that replaced grass in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Thursday, July 28, 2022.
Grass around entrance to Storybook Land Canal Boats has been replaced with artificial turf in Fantasyland at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Thursday, July 28, 2022. Mulch is used extensively throughout Disneyland planters to help keep soil temperatures down, prevent water evaporation and serve as an insulating blanket.
The Disneyland resort replaces enough plants and flowers every week to fill two NBA basketball courts from a backstage nursery staging area packed with enough perennials, annuals and autotrophs to give Mickey Mouse a green thumb.
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