01Built in the West Valley
Front yard · Desert conversion
Xeriscape Conversion
Thirsty turf and struggling planting come out; granite, boulders and desert-adapted species go in.
Project detail
- Type
- Front yard
- Groundcover
- Decomposed granite
- Landscape
- Desert-adapted planting
- Focus
- Water reduction
01
The ground
A lawn that never fully took, kept alive by a water bill nobody wanted and thinning out every August.
02
The composition
Turf and failing planting come out. Granite, boulders and desert-adapted species go in, each placed for the exposure it actually gets rather than spaced on a plan.
03
The result
A front yard that looks better in its second summer than its first, and asks less of the irrigation every year.
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