Low-Water Gardens for the Panhandle

Find the local alternative to gravel scapes with a designer tuned into this medium-water prairie setting. Choose plants that love our alkaline clay. Understand options to re-use roof runoff or graywater for healthy shrubs and trees less dependent on our Ogallala aquifer.

Open: Creating Dryland Gardens 8 pp., 800 kB

Open: Plants for Dryland Gardens 12 pp., 650 kB

Download: Texas Panhandle Garden Planner excel file, 43 kB

Fire-Wise Research

Critical for those near open land on the WUI (wildland-urban interface): the latest laboratory research into plant flammability informs short how-to brochures and a full list of >400 plants.

Which plants flame high or barely catch?

Can I follow best safety practices without stripping my yard bare? What extra protection measures are possible?

Open: How-to-Plant Firewise 10 pp, 2 MB 

Open: Flammability Levels of TX Panhandle Plants, 46 pp., 1.4 MB

Design Examples

Past projects have included work in nearby desert ecosystems as well as high-water systems further east. Plans have included subdivisions, site plans for new residences and applications for zoning variances as well as residential gardens.

Garden design is the sculpture of outdoor space, melding social needs with the realities of wind, rain and sun.

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