It begins with setting goals and deciding what you want your landscape to provide you and your family. It will provide food, water, and shelter for wildlife to live and raise their young. It will be a place where you can relax. A Desert Bioscape can be an educational experience, especially for young children. The end results of any yard will differ with your wants and needs, who designs it and your resources but the principles will be the same for all.
Yards can be formal or informal.
They can be desert, grasslands, or drought-tolerant forested areas. All Desert Bioscapes begin in the same place. Those involved must have an understanding of the environment we live in and then design accordingly to meet the wants, needs and expectations of those who use the property. It is easier to change a landscape on paper than it is in the landscape itself. For new residents, it is especially important to understand and accept that we have a very unique and wonderful climate in the Mojave Desert.