Photos: A short history of the California lawn

Ballerina and actress Vera Zorina exercises on the lawn of her Beverly Hills home.   (Underwood Archives / Getty Images)

Walt Disney sits on a lawn with his grandson in front of Disneyland’s castle in 1955, the year the park opened in Anaheim.   (Gene Lester / Getty Images)

Children play in a Studio City backyard.   (Gene Lester / Getty Images)

Cindy Jimenez waters down her lawn as a brush fire burns near her home in Canyon Country.   (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

A resident waves from the balcony of her lushly landscaped beachfront home on Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach.   (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

A cliff-top San Diego home, photographed this year, is surrounded by a large lawn.   (Sandy Huffaker / Getty Images)

Jamie Sobieski plays with his dog, Ringo, on the bocce court of his home in South Pasadena.   (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

A brown Madera County lawn, amid water restrictions.   (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Dave Milligan, left, and Bryan Roberts dye a home’s front lawn green in Perris.   (David McNew / Getty Images)

A Moulton Niguel Water District conservation official inspects an Aliso Viejo lawn before its removal.   (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Workers install an artificial lawn in front of a San Jose apartment building.   (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)