Softscape and hardscape

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Beverly Flanigan wrote:
>
> Now the question is--what's xeriscape?

Landscaping (soft and hard :-) to maximize water conservation.
When the library was thinking of redoing its grounds, we were in
the middle of the last long California drought. Minimizing water
use with a plan that used solutions other than just putting in
gravel and rocks was on everyone's minds.

The word was coined from "scape" and the Greek word "xeros" for
dry.

A good discussion and examples of xeriscape:
<http://www.xeriscape.org/xeriscape.html>

Sal
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