You’ll save water, reduce lawn maintenance and have a yard you’ll love to spend time in. Follow the principles of xeriscaping to plan your new garden, select the right plants, and use your ...

By the 20th century, Lurie said much of the modern conception of a suburban house with a grass front yard came from homesellers looking to create a quaint image for potential buyers.

See also: “Sheep, goats, electric mowers: Tending a sustainable lawn” Xeriscaping finds its root word in the Mediterranean, the Greek xeros, meaning “dry,” but xeriscape gardening can take ...

A Xeriscaped front yard for water conservation features a dry creek bed. Ornamental grasses and turf lawn alternatives will save water in a xeriscape landscape. Tropical milkweed is a beautiful ...

An Orem ordinance that mandates that 70% of front yards is grass is receiving a proposed amendment change to 50%. ... flowering perennials and grasses that are acceptable for front yard xeriscaping.

Xeriscaping doesn’t mean you don’t ever have to water. It means landscaping and gardening in a way that uses less water, while still having an attractive yard. The Acks called Dale Donahue of ...

BOULDER, Colo. – If you’re considering what plants to choose to outfit your xeriscape, landscaper Julie Hauser has some simple advice: Go native.”Any of our native plants work rea… ...

Mark Tylutki knows all of his desert garden babies by name. There is Trichocereus Flying Saucer, with a glorious pink bloom. There's tall and twisty Pedilanthus macrocarpus and Harrisia jusbertii, ...

A front yard garden bed isn't complete until it's been edged, and rocks are a brilliant way to do that. This design has flat rocks stacked over each other, but medium-sized river rock or a variety ...

We get it, Colorado. You hate xeriscape. You’re probably visualizing it right now. ... It doesn’t have to be your entire lot and it doesn’t need to be in both the front and back yard.

The term "xeriscaping" can have a negative connotation, so Denver Water is rebranding the sustainable landscaping practice as ColoradoScaping.