Water-Wise - Landscaping Ideas

Water-wise and drought-tolerant landscaping ideas. See xeriscaping designs, native plantings, and low-water gardens that look great with minimal irrigation.

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  Spring in the California Foothills

  by Grandkids

  The flowers in the garden are starting to bloom now that the frost is gone. ...

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  El Campo del Mar

  by Jay and Sandy

  This is our villa in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. El Campo del Mar is nestled al...

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  School Beautiful

  by Sarah Baranoff

  I work at a public high school in Chicago. We don't have a football fiel...

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  Coyote Creek Ranch

  by CoyoteCreek

  Built in 1946 the yard has been flat pasture and old barbed wire fencing unti...

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  Backyard Oasis

  by Anita Birch

  We have created a vacation spot in our backyard. In 2009 we installed a fibe...

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  Swimming Pool to Rainwater Harvesting Conversion

  by Enviroscape

  This is the first yard in north America to convert a conventional swimming po...

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  Our Little Garden - Front Yard

  by Garden77

  Tiny Bridges and Wells, homemade,lots of recycled materail. Little features t...

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  Old World Elegance

  by robert s thomas

  My yard is divided into five different "garden rooms" with an overa...

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  My Backyard Paradise

  by Bob Willoughby

  Designed and installed by myself. An ongoing project! We have had many of hou...

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  Barb's Backyard

  by ItsJust Barbara

  A bit over a 1/2 acre in a country neighborhood. I started in June of 2010 wh...

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  San Anselmo Mediterranean home and garden

  by Avant Garden Inc

  Mediterranean home and garden. Funny thing, I have landscaped/designed this ...

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  Stunning Garden for Television Show

  by Enviroscape

  This amazing landscape was installed by EnviroscapeLA for the television show...

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  Martha Gayle's Lake House Yard

  by Martha Gayle

  Photos from our yard at our lake house.

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  Minnetonka Landscape Facelift

  by Anderson Design Custom Landscape

  Our clients asked us to create more privacy from the street without "wal...

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  wanzy falls/stittville

  by conredmoo

  i live both at my dads the most beautiful wilderness waterfalls and with my h...

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  KITTY LITTER BOX NO LONGER

  by GINNY EZELL

  our backyard was nothing but dirt, we had a huge hill that had to be moved ba...

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  Airmont NY

  by Harmony Design Group

  This yard was a complete transformation. We designed a new multi level deck, ...

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  Aquascape, Inc.

  by Aquascape Inc.

  Aquascape's signature pond was installed in July 2008, replacing an ugly...

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  Bunner's Bliss

  by Bunner's Backyard

  Our yard had lots of Color, Trees, Ponds, Grasses, Tropicals, Rocks, and All ...

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  Watergarden Girl

  by Touch of Paradise

  My husband and I worked on this project for one year. We did the work oursel...

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