For a beautiful,
water-friendly, cost-effective approach to landscaping, Colorado Springs
developers and home owners ought to consider Xeriscape,
a "combination of seven common-sense gardening principles that save water while
creating a lush and colorful landscape." According to the Xeriscape website, these principles are:
- Plan and Design for water conservation
and beauty from the start.
- Create Practical Turf Areas of
manageable sizes, shapes, and appropriate grasses.
- Select Low Water Plants and group
plants of similar water needs together. Then experiment to determine how much
and how often to water the plants.
- Use Soil Amendments like compost or
manure as needed by the site and the type of plants used.
- Use Mulches such as woodchips to reduce
evaporation and to keep the soil cool.
- Irrigate Efficiently with properly
designed systems (including hose-end equipment) and by applying the right
amount of water at the right time.
- Maintain the Landscape Properly by
mowing, weeding, pruning and fertilizing properly.
Xeriscape gardens
are absolutely beautiful, and there is a captivating backwoods feel to them.
For Colorado Springs New Homes area residents and developers interested in what
Xeriscape can look like, visit the Colorado Springs
Utilities Xeriscape Demonstration Garden or the Cheyenne Mountain
Zoo No Water Garden. While not necessarily a new technique (it has been
around since 1991), Xeriscape can reduce landscape water use by "60% or more,"
and "will increase your property value by as much as 15%." Some pretty good
reasons to consider Xeriscape.
Read also:
- What the heck is
Xeriscape?
- Confessions
of a Non Environmentalist
- Colorado
Springs New Homes: Off-road park
- Colorado
Springs New Homes: Going, going, green!
Brian Wilson
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