Rip your Strip! Lawn planted in parkstrips requires MORE water to stay green than a typical lawn. Why have a monoculture of lawn when there are so many alternatives that are more attractive, lower maintenance, conserve water, benefit the environment and add visual diversity to your neighborhood?

2. Waterwise
Blue + Yellow Scheme
• Golden Sage
• ‘May Night’ Salvia
• Lavender

3. Waterwise
Blue + Yellow Scheme
• Basket of Gold
• Forget-me-not
• Yellow Iceplant
• Blue Fescue Grass

4. Lawn Look-A-Like
• Red Creeping Thyme
This super-dense, very low grower
mimics the look of lawn- until it
blooms. Can handle light foot
traffic.

5. No Sidewalk? Add
Gravel Disembarking

6. Retain slopes and create LEVEL
grass above. Plant areas that
are sloped. Saves water + labor

7. Add a dry river bed adjacent to roads
without curb and gutter. In addition to
being attractive, it will also collect storm
water and allow it to percolate into the
ground (ground water recharge/ rain
garden).
‘Tiger Eyes’ Sumac
A favorite waterwise
shrub.

8. Sometimes simple is best. Find YOUR Zen
with a mix of rock, ornamental grasses and
groundcovers.
‘Karl Forester’ Feather Reed Grass
Blue Fescue
Ice Plant

9. Faux {Park}Strip: Create the illusion of a parkstrip
on the opposite side of the sidewalk. Waterwise
perennials make a lovely buffer!

10. We can have water
intensive “Boring-
scapes” or
Streetscapes which
conserve water while
enlivening our City
streets. Which do
you prefer?
#ChooseYourChange