Need some ideas for landscaping? The city's Water Conservation Division has a number of resources to help you start thinking about creating a unique landscape that fits your personality and is easy to maintain.
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Some quick tips to save water:
- Minimize evaporation, only water when the sun is down
- Only water grass two days per week in the summer
- Avoid runoff - "Cycle and Soak" - two to three short water applications, one hour apart
- Adjust water schedules to match weather conditions
- Encourage deep roots and drought tolerance - water deep but less frequent
Get more tips using our Guide to Watering Grass and Guide to Watering Trees & Shrubs.
- Choosy People Choose Desert Plants
- Designing a Dazzling Desert Landscape
- Plan a Stunning Desert Landscape
- Create a Tropical Oasis with Desert Plants
- Go WILD! Create an Inviting Landscape
- Gorgeous Groundcovers
- Landscape Plants for the Arizona Desert - Poolside Plants
- Small space? Try using small desert-adapted plants
- Guide to Small Desert-Adapted Trees
- Plants for the Arizona Desert
- Water-Wise Landscaping Tool
- Xeriscape
Seasonal Color Combinations with Desert Adapted Plants
