Drought-tolerant landscaping is top of the agenda right now, with the availability of low-water landscaping rebates, lawn-to-garden conversion incentives, and irrigation grants meaning there's never ...

Saguaro and senita cacti, and red-blooming Tecoma stans, boast appealing colors and textures in a resilient desert garden. Learn to choose the right plants for a drought-tolerant landscape front yard ...

As climate change brings with it hotter, drier summers and more frequent extreme weather events in many places, some homeowners are rethinking their approaches to garden design. Drought-tolerant ...

Creating a beautiful outdoor space shouldn’t feel like signing up for a second job. Low-maintenance landscaping saves you ...

Over the last several months we’ve spotlighted a variety of lawn-to-drought-garden makeovers. Today, we’re bringing you a makeover that is unique given its size: What are you supposed to do when ...

Roberta Walker, an authority on drought-proof gardens who has a new DVD out, transformed this Land Park front yard into a water-wise oasis. Randy Pench [email protected] Landscape designer Roberta ...

For Sherman Oaks-based designer Karen Tandy, interior and exterior design work together in creating an inviting home base. “They work hand in hand,” Tandy says. “People need to look at a home’s ...

The green, green grass of home is now zeroscape. Or is it xeriscape? Or maybe it’s just plain old drought-tolerant landscaping. Any way you describe it, those fabulous green front lawns that were so ...

If you’re thinking about re-landscaping the yard, you might want to consider some ideas from the 15th Annual Theodore Payne Native Plant Garden Tour. This self-driving tour, which rolls through ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...