I live in Southern California, and don’t get me wrong- I love the sun, but I am OVER trying to keep my lawn green. We happen to have a HUGE parcel, and I think it’s a terrible waste of resources and time, laboring over lawn. It’s been on ongoing issue for our family – the cost of keeping it watered, and the labor it requires- and we only achieve sub par results. I’ve been itching to have someone design a landscape featuring drought-tolerant plants and shrubs for the front yard and hill. Knowing it’s not in the budget, I’ll have to dream for now. Sunset Magazine must have been thinking the same thing, because they did a Lawn-Free feature this week that was delivered straight to my inbox. Eye candy awaits you. First, let me torture you with my personal struggles.
This is MY “after” photo. I’ve been planting drought tolerant, crappy-soil resistant plants that will grow and hopefully spread….and THIS is MY end result. See what I mean? Pathetic. It’s frustrating beyond words.
After you stop laughing, we’ll move on to the dream yards.
Here’s a few teaser pics…..
To see the article, go here….
http://www.sunset.com/garden/earth-friendly/lose-the-lawn-low-water-landscaping
There are 21 delicious ideas for your yard. I’m in love and inspired by so many of them.
Have you had any landscaping success stories? If you have, please share!
midcenturyobsession 
I wish we had a yard and backyard to landscape!!!! I’m still looking for the perfect wire chairs for our succulent laden deck. That’s as much landscaping as we’ll be doing 🙂
We’ve got TOO much. You can have some of ours 🙂 Happy chair hunting! 🙂