AMARILLO, TEXAS -- Water conservation has been a hot topic around town the last couple of months due to our lack of rain.
One of the imaginative ways you can have a garden and use less water is xeriscaping.
The landscaping technique uses river rock or sand instead of grass, and drought tolerant plants instead of flowers.
Michael Davis, Discount Lawn and Tree Owner said, "With this heat the grass is still struggling, the benefits of xeriscaping, you don't have to water, it really saves your back, your money and our water."
The process is pretty simple.
"We'll cut out four inches, two inches of grass two inches of top soil, we'll come in and we'll lay a landscape fabric down and then we'll come back and rock the bed, plant drought tolerant plants, you've got yucca's, barberry's, stuff like that that don't take a whole lot of water, that does well in these conditions."
As you might imagine, the City of Amarillo is also on board with water conservation gardening.
"The number one thing about a xeriscape bed it takes fifty to seventy percent less water than a normal annual flower bed, so that's a very significant savings right there, plus it's less maintenance once you get these beds established they come back every year and really require less annual maintenance as well," said Larry Offerdahl, Amarillo Parks and Rec Director.
So if you want to get on board and do your best to help save our water, xeriscaping is one way to go.
The city has put in xeriscaped gardens in three locations around town including City Hall and Martin Road and John Stiff Parks.
