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Water conservationists educate their customers about ways to save water to extend precious water supplies. Because so much water is used on the landscape, conservationists throughout the United States are promoting Xeriscape as a means of water conservation. Xeriscape is not one particular style or look. Xeriscapes run the gamut from looking like a traditional landscape to an English cottage garden to a native wildlife habitat to a prairie meadow. To some, Xeriscape means a landscape that is "in tune with nature," a landscape that can survive on natural rainfall. Most definitions of Xeriscape are less radical and include some turf and supplemental watering. An element of attractiveness is often associated with Xeriscape. But not everyone agrees on aesthetics. Some cities have been involved in legal disputes over whether a Xeriscape is acceptable or not. A naturalistic Xeriscape might be comprised of unmowed grasses and totally void of turf. Many people would say this landscape is very acceptable on a large lot in the country, but shouldn't be allowed in an urban subdivision of small lots. This paper discusses the conflict that led the City of Fort Collins to become embroiled in a dispute over what a "Xeriscape" consisted of. Includes 15 references.

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Vol. - No.

Published:

01/01/2002

Number of Pages:

9

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1 file , 250 KB