Yet, the change will save water, money, and maintenance time, he says. When the conversion to perennial flowering plants was done outside the geoscience building, Swartzell's workers installed a water meter so that the difference could be measured. The result, he says, has been a reduction of thousands of gallons a week. W hile desert landscaping was a hard sell for Southern Nevada homeowners for many years, it's finally catching on, Swartzell says. The major reason, he believes, is increased water costs.
People think everything is gray, thorny, and boring.
Well, it doesn't have to be gray or thorny. It doesn't have to be boring. A lot of times water efficient landscaping can be very lush, very green, very colorful. It's just more water-efficient. Xeriscaping embraces the concept of an oasis around the immediate living area.