There’s some very good information (in the “How-To” video at right) from the Lowe’s Home Improvement YouTube channel  about the “design and planning” process for a WaterWise landscape.

While the soil, some plant choices and definitely the weather varies from place to place, the main design process and the planning concepts for a WaterWise landscape will be the same as, for the most part, or very similar to those talked about in the video.

Once you come up with a theme and a design you’re happy with, you can create a WaterWise step-by-step plan based on your ideas, landscape needs and goals for reducing water use and irrigation costs in your landscape.

After that, you can install as much (or little) of your new WaterWise landscape as you want by doing it in stages following your step-by-step WaterWise plan over time.

Giving your design and plan some serious thought now could also potentially save you a lot of time, work, frustration and money as you install your new WaterWise landscape.

Your plan will help give you an idea of what your landscape will look like when it’s finished.  However, more importantly, it will also be a fantastic guide for knowing what needs to be worked on or installed first, second, third and so on… so that you don’t have to tear some of your hard work back out or re-do areas because you got ahead of yourself!

Planning ahead can really pay off!

WaterWise Landscaping

The video above touches on the following WaterWise landscaping steps:

Below:  A good example of a beautiful WaterWise Landscape using WoodStone Decorative Rock as stone mulch along the homes foundation, in downspout areas and around trees, shrubs and plants in a raised border area.