Essays about: "xeriscaping"

Found 1 essay containing the word xeriscaping.

  1. 1. The water efficient Landscape : a first guide for designing water-wise gardens in the piedmont region of North Carolina

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Valerie Rayno; [2014]
    Keywords : xeriscaping; water efficiency; North Carolina; garden design; residential garden;

    Abstract : Water efficiency in the landscape is becoming an increasingly pressing issue in the United States, as water shortages become more and more common. While awareness of water issues have increased over the last decades, landscape irrigation still constitutes a large percentage of household water consumption in the United States, and therefore reducing water use in the landscape is a vital step for conservation. READ MORE