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Desert Decadence In An Arizona Landscape Design

Desert Foothills Landscape
Even in the extreme heat conditions of Southern Arizona, Desert Foothills Landscape designed and installed a stunning, functional landscape while also being water and climate conscious.

Two New Garden & Landscape Books Cover Water Shortage Issues

DRY CLIMATE GARDENING By Noelle Johnson ∙ Publishing March 7, 2023 Author and desert horticulturist Noelle Johnson, also known as AZ Plant Lady, delivers all the know-how you need to grow a breathtaking, colorful, and vibrant garden in low-water conditions. With water restrictions and the number of gardeners dealing with drought ...

11 Landscape Design Trends To Expect This Spring

Landscape Design Trends
From avoiding invasives to xeriscaping, these are the landscape requests to anticipate from homeowners.   Tilly, which offers outsourced landscape design services (profiled in Turf Spring 2021), has a unique perspective on what landscape customers want. As an affordable online service, landscape design is all they do and homeowner-clients are located ...

Irrigation Restrictions Coming As West Battles Historic Drought

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California and much of the western U.S. are entering a period of historic drought that experts say will stretch tight water supplies, increase wildfire risk, and bring new water-use restrictions — particularly for outdoor landscape use — as the summer unfolds. Westlands Water District, which serves farms and rural communities ...

Experts Choices For Xeric Turfgrass & More

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Lawns have been the centerpiece of American landscapes for a very long time and especially in the 20th century. Now, with the increasing effects of global climate disruption, it’s essential to rethink and redesign lawns and landscapes to learn how to help mitigate and repair the damage. Fortunately, we can ...

How Green Is Your Scene? A Pew Report On Climate Change Attitudes

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Is climate change affecting the way you do business? Or client concerns and expectations? According to a report released November 25 by Pew Research Center, U.S. Public Views on Climate and Energy, most Americans today (62%) say that climate change is affecting their local community either a great deal or ...