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City hopes to save water with ‘Lawn Buster’ program

As the California drought continues, the city of San Jose has implemented another water-conserving incentive for residents. The program, known as “Lawn Busters,” allows eligible citizens to have their lawns re-landscaped at the reduced price of $500. This cost includes all landscaping material, drought-resistant plants, irrigation conversion and labor. With eight miles of the Guadalupe […]

August 13, 2015

Business

Water-wise landscaping: Good business gets better

If you don’t live in the desert or often drought-stricken West, “xeriscaping” may be a term you’ve heard but know little about. Isn’t that a landscape of rocks and cacti? Not exactly. “Xeriscaping means you’re conserving water,” says Bodie Pennisi, a professor and extension landscape specialist at the University of Georgia. “We’re talking about beautiful, […]

August 11, 2015

Business

University works to replace turf with drought-tolerant landscaping

The University of Utah is modifying its campus over the summer with water-conserving landscaping in mind. In light of the ongoing drought, the university to want to cut its water usage by 15 percent, according to Salt Lake City’s KSTU Television (Fox13 News). “We started looking at this more than a decade ago – ways […]

July 22, 2015

Business

Texas landscaper’s HOA forces him to remove xeriscaping

A homeowners association (HOA) in north Texas recently forced a resident to remove his property’s xeriscaping – landscaping specifically designed to require little or no irrigation. Stephen Bender, a landscaper, lives in the Riverchase HOA in Coppell, one of many communities across North Texas that are encouraging property owners to reduce water use as much […]

June 17, 2015

Business

Water conservation: Talking to your clients about strategies and solutions

Even though it’s National Lawn Care Month, in some areas such as the Southwestern United States, the idea of the wide expanse of lush green lawn is rapidly disappearing. Replaced with xeriscaping and thoughtful placement of native plants by water conscious landscapers, the traditional lawn is changing. Realistically, there’s no reason a similar tactic couldn’t […]

April 7, 2015

Business

How to maintain desert landscapes through seasonal change

This time of year can be a bit tricky for those landscapers working in the West. The weather is changing, which means it’s time to start paying close attention to how you maintain lawns.

September 2, 2014

Business

HOA Fines Homeowner for Drought-Resistant Landscape

One San Francisco homeowner is battling one Homeowner Association over the issue of sod. The resident installed a drought-resistant yard, according to CBS, but the HOA is arguing sod is a must.

August 18, 2014

Business

7 principles of xeriscaping

Xeriscaping. A word that has several different definitions depending on who you ask and is something that probably needs be talked about more on the West Coast.

August 7, 2014

Business

Top Outdoor Design Trends for 2014

Residential landscapes designed for entertaining and relaxing are still a popular trend through 2014, according to the 2014 Residential Landscape Architecture Trends Survey.

March 3, 2014

Business

California City Considers Xeriscaping for Drought Solution

The city of Manteca, California could join a variety of other cities in the state by offering residents rebates or low-cost loans to convert to xeriscaping.

February 10, 2014

Business

Landscaper Sets Example For Customers To ‘Go Green’

Heads Up Landscape Contractors is helping customers go green by starting with its headquarters first. The company has recycled 7 million pounds of green waste and has captured 120,000 gallons of rainwater and snow each year to irrigate the landscape at its headquarters.

July 26, 2013

Design-Build

Grass Be Gone?

There is a lawn in London that actually isn’t a lawn at all. Well, by definition it is probably still a lawn, but is it still a lawn if you remove all of the grass?

June 12, 2013