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Residential Xeriscape Irrigation Research & Plan Design

Ada Inman — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 20:56:59 +0000

As a sprawling metro region, the City of Phoenix is a desert city with warm temperatures year-round. As an alternative to turf lawns, the City prioritizes the use of xeriscaping as a sustainable alternative to typical residential landscaping. In the interest of conserving water, the City promotes low water-use landscaping, or xeriscaping. After the successful development of residential xeriscape design plans for three standard lot sizes during the spring 2023 semester, the City of Phoenix Water Services Department is continuing the partnership with an honors undergraduate landscape architecture student to gather feedback from residents, experts, and Home Owner’s Associations (HOAs) on irrigation behaviors and xeriscape practices to inform a series of irrigation design plans to supplement the previously created xeriscape plans.

Passive Rainwater Harvesting Research

Ada Inman — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 21:09:02 +0000

Residential Xeriscape Plan Design

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:40:49 +0000

As a sprawling metro region, the City of Phoenix is a desert city with warm temperatures year-round. As an alternative to lush, green lawns, the City prioritizes the use of xeriscaping as a sustainable alternative to typical residential landscaping. With an emphasis on irrigation reduction, xeriscaping includes functional use of plants to reduce water use and intensive maintenance. The City of Phoenix Water Services Department is partnering with landscape architecture students to research and design a series of residential xeriscape plans that are accessible and easy to adopt for City residents.