Landscape planting in summer has always been risky. Newly-installed plants need frequent, sometimes daily watering until they get established. Even regular rainfall won’t penetrate more than a few ...

Editor's note: Due to an editing error, an earlier version of this column incorrectly described grey water systems. Wastewater from dishwashers is not permitted. The prolonged drought and associated ...

As temperatures rise and the time between rains decreases, many homeowners begin to increase the frequency of watering their outdoor plants, and when a whole community of folks engage in watering it ...

Today, landscape design goes hand-in-hand with water conservation strategies. The world’s limited natural resources require homeowners to be more conscious of their water use and that includes ...

I’ll just say it. Seeing water wasted out in the landscape is a pet peeve — mostly because it’s often very preventable. Going out for a walk only to see that the sidewalk has been watered instead of ...

The mature size of trees, shrubs and other plants, their numbers and their origins determine the amount of water required to support your landscape. Once a landscape design is finished, the amount of ...