WHY XERISCAPE?
For most of the country over fifty percent of residential water used is applied to landscape and lawns.
Effective water use doesn’t mean changing our lifestyle. It means reducing water waste, such as improper irrigation, and finding ways to achieve attractive, comfortable landscapes without excess water.
Your landscape is an investment in your comfort and in the value of your property. A good Xeriscape will increase your property value by as much as 15%. Xeriscape can also reduce water and maintenance costs by up to 60%.
Xeriscape helps extend water supplies. When water use is restricted, inefficient water-thirsty landscapes suffer first. Protect your landscape investment by drought-proofing it.
Xeriscape landscaping incorporates seven basic principles which lead to saving water:
1. Planning and design
2. Soil analysis
3. Appropriate plant selection
4. Practical turf areas
5. Efficient Irrigation
6. Use of mulches
7. Appropriate maintenance
By incorporating these seven principles, you can help preserve our most precious natural resource-water.
Xeriscape landscapes need not be cactus and rock gardens. They can be green, cool landscapes full of beautiful plants maintained with water efficient practices.
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Linda Eads, Xeriscape Chairman