Xeriscaping: August 5th Chat Conversation

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August 5, 2009 at 5:11 pm #173504

Ryan A. Waggoner
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For all those that were or weren’t available, our chat conversation on Wednesday dealt with xeriscaping. There were some great points and links brought up. I thought I’d share the links, and hopefully we can continue the discussion here. A good question brought up was “What is the difference between Xeriscaping and sustainable design?” I would also like to know if there are any design principles that are basic to xeriscaping?

http://coloradowaterwise.org//index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=72&Itemid=245
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epO_qvB8WjA

August 5, 2009 at 6:01 pm #173510

Andrew Spiering
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Ryan, thanks for following up with this! I learned a lot from everyone’s input this morning…

August 5, 2009 at 7:00 pm #173509

Brett T. Long
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Xeriscaping is just a brand name for a part of sustainable design. I don’t call irrigation design “Rain Birding”. Our firm and the local agencies; including Lahontan Water District don’t recognize or utilize the term xeriscaping. It seems that it was a fairly successful attempt to simplify lower water use and sustainable designs for homeowners etc.

August 5, 2009 at 7:10 pm #173508

Ryan A. Waggoner
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And someone mentioned today that the term “xeriscaping” is actually copywritten. Apparently Florida calls it Florida Friendly planting?

August 6, 2009 at 12:25 am #173507

Shawn C Kalbli, ASLA
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Florida Friendly Landscape was adopted by the FL legislature in 2009…xeriscape is offically out of the statutes..

August 6, 2009 at 3:34 am #173506

Bob Luther
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Xeriscape is concept not brand name, it does not represent a company. Xeri is Greek meaning dry, and scape as a suffix as in a scene. Many companies use xeriscape to define there products, or at least a particular line of their products and government bodies use this term or similar terms to describe responsible irrigation, planting, and maintenance practices.

August 7, 2009 at 12:02 am #173505

Ryan A. Waggoner
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Some more good links I’ve recently found:

http://cals.arizona.edu/pima/smartscape/workshop_water.html
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/xeriscape/xeriscape.html
http://www.eartheasy.com/grow_xeriscape.htm
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/garden/07228.html
http://www.delange.org/Xeriscape/Xeriscape.htm
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