BOISE, Idaho — There’s a growing trend in Southwest Idaho in using native plants in landscapes around homes and businesses. It’s called xeriscaping, and the benefits include conserving water, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Autumn is a great time to work on planning some xeriscaping into your outdoor design. A xeriscaped yard can be as full and lush as you want. Here's one ...

Water is such a precious asset to the desert and finding ways to reduce water usage is important. “As someone born and raised in Arizona, I always knew the importance that water holds here,” said ...

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 ...

Xeriscaping is a landscaping style that reduces water usage by prioritizing drought-tolerant plants, like cactuses and native grasses. (Thomas Leffler/Community Impact) Celina could implement new ...

(COLORADO) — The Pikes Peak Region has a semi-arid climate, with only 13 inches of rain and three inches of snow on average each year, making it necessary to irrigate flowers, trees, and lawns to keep ...

A high school student recently wrote me saying that her ecology class is doing a project on sustainable landscaping. "Do you have any information to offer people that will help them consider ...

Many East Idaho homeowners face a common landscaping challenge: a thirsty, struggling Kentucky bluegrass lawn surrounded by a scattered assortment of plants that don’t belong together. When plants ...

There are seven basic principles of xeriscape design you can start implementing in small steps and can help to start saving water in your landscape. The first principle is to plan your landscape with ...

As summers in the Inland Northwest become hotter and drier, environmental advocates, municipal water departments and property owners are openly questioning the practicality of the traditional grass ...

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