Category: Xeriscaping

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Xeriscape Landscaping; Water Wise Dry Gardening… Whatever you call it, Xeriscaping is here to stay. With climate change bringing extreme weather conditions of drought, excessive rain and everything but the...

Privacy Screens, Hedgerows and Windbreaks The best fast growing shrubs are well behaved, non-suckering and don’t mind a hard pruning if needed. Many garden shrubs like Spiraea, Berberis, roses and Ceonothus are great for...

Conserve our most precious resource Conserving water is sometimes not as easy as it sounds; when should you avoid using water? and what kinds of things are actually wasting it? Use these Water Saving Tips to get a handle on your...

A Precious Resource Capturing excess water that falls as rain in a rain barrel or other system is only the beginning of water conservation. Now what do you do with the rainwater salvage? In the garden, wise water use goes much...

by Jennifer(New Jersey) Jennifer Bell A yard is hard to take care of, especially when you need to keep plants alive. If you’re tired of taking care of a lawn that just won’t seem to stay green, it might be time to look into...

by John Victorino(Reno, Nevada, United States) Being able to efficiently use water is an important part about being not just a good landscaper, but also an environmentally conscious one. However, there are so many different ways...

Dispelling the Rumors and other Nonsense that swirls around the topic of Dry GardeningXeriscaping is such a new style of gardening that there are a lot of unfounded rumors and myths about it. I aim to dispel these once and for...

Arachnids in British Columbia The many types and varieties of spiders in a xeric garden are truly impressive. Some create intricate webs; others spin a single strand to trap their prey. Jumping spiders don’t have a web at all,...

When and where to use it Mother Nature sure knows how to provide the perfect conditions for growing pine trees – laying down a pine needle mulch to squelch weed growth and give the pine trees the particularly acid soil that they...

This is what my garden looks like now… In any xeriscape, a little rain must fall – occasionally. The trick is to choose the right plants that can survive long enough between rainstorms. It’s been an interesting and...