Drought-deciduous plants have adapted to drop many or all of their leaves in dry seasons and/or drought to conserve water. Then revive with a quick, vibrant growth of leaves upon arrival of the…
September 7, 2022
September 5, 2022
A simple strategy to divert stormwater from one side of the street to the other in order to fill all the rain gardens on both sides of the street in a way that…
August 23, 2022
This is a wonderful example in this time of great need for water conservation and collaboration, which I’ve added to my Self-Guided Water Tour of Tucson. See the story and photos in the…
July 27, 2022
A documentary on Brad Lancaster and some of his water-harvesting mentors.Click on the arrow in the center of the image below.It was produced, directed, and edited by David Fenster for Arizona Illustrated on…
Check out this wonderful new documentary on Brad Lancaster and some of his water-harvesting mentors. Click on the arrow in the center of the image below. It was produced, directed, and edited by…
January 14, 2022
I list (in alphabetical order by country, state, and city) some of my favorite plant nurseries & the beginnings of a list of seed suppliers for various regions by the state in which…
January 12, 2022
People see that dramatic positive change is possible when—after we implement water-harvesting plantings and restoration efforts—we post signs with photos documenting conditions before we planted regenerating abundance. Place the signs where the ‘before’…
January 9, 2022
You can grow tanks (and living pumps), rather than buy them, and they’ll have a lot more water-harvesting capacity. This video (filmed summer 2021) is about how living sponges (rain gardens) have far…
Brad Lancaster hosts this video about how in-street and street-side water-harvesting basins, or rain gardens, rehydrate our communities, grow shading/cooling vegetation, and control flooding. Thus the street runoff irrigates the street-side and in-street…
This video is about multi-use native plants self seeding, germinating , and thriving where we planted the rain. Typically, no supplemental irrigation is needed for these seedlings (the exception might be in an…