Using principles of Xeriscape in a yard can help save water and keep a yard looking beautiful even during times of drought. Activity View the Xeriscape Web site . Redesign a section of your home or school's landscape using Xeriscape principles. First sketch out the landscape as it is, then add planted zones. Label each zone, and if you have access to a book of landscape plants, label the type of plants you used.
Extension Find a houseplant to serve as a model for drawings.
Draw the plant and capture the plant's character in your drawings.