Comments on: Landscape and Garden Design Implications of Water Conservation http://www.stevesnedeker.com/1874/landscape-and-garden-design-implications-of-water-conservation.html Blogging about Landscaping & Gardening Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:27:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mike http://www.stevesnedeker.com/1874/landscape-and-garden-design-implications-of-water-conservation.html/comment-page-1#comment-43358 mike Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:48:59 +0000 http://www.stevesnedeker.com/?p=1874#comment-43358 Just gave me some great ideas. GREAT article Just gave me some great ideas. GREAT article

]]> By: Caroline Bryant http://www.stevesnedeker.com/1874/landscape-and-garden-design-implications-of-water-conservation.html/comment-page-1#comment-26899 Caroline Bryant Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:50:08 +0000 http://www.stevesnedeker.com/?p=1874#comment-26899 water conservation should be done because we are already having some water shortage these days*`; water conservation should be done because we are already having some water shortage these days*`;

]]> By: Steve http://www.stevesnedeker.com/1874/landscape-and-garden-design-implications-of-water-conservation.html/comment-page-1#comment-14138 Steve Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:59:17 +0000 http://www.stevesnedeker.com/?p=1874#comment-14138 Well, the technology is there to audit water use. Actually, it always has been, of course. It's just that there have been so many innovative methods of still supplying water without the wastage that has caused such a major upheaval in the possibilities. It really has opened it wide up for art. I have been concerned about aging any more. My daughter and her friends are just ruthless, as are my own "friends". I hate thinking I have advanced to the eleventh generation now. ;-) Well, the technology is there to audit water use. Actually, it always has been, of course. It’s just that there have been so many innovative methods of still supplying water without the wastage that has caused such a major upheaval in the possibilities. It really has opened it wide up for art.

I have been concerned about aging any more. My daughter and her friends are just ruthless, as are my own “friends”. I hate thinking I have advanced to the eleventh generation now. ;-)

]]> By: Pomona Belvedere http://www.stevesnedeker.com/1874/landscape-and-garden-design-implications-of-water-conservation.html/comment-page-1#comment-14129 Pomona Belvedere Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:42:52 +0000 http://www.stevesnedeker.com/?p=1874#comment-14129 Steve, this is brilliant. Thinking about an exact water budget <em>before</em> planting is an idea whose time has come. Thinking about landscapes in terms of paybacks is a brilliant way to put it to people unfamiliar with water-saving ideas. And I love the creative use of small lawn patches; I agree on so many points. Lawns are terrible water-eaters (and for people who use chemicals, terrible toxic sinks) - but they are really nice for kids to play on and adults to lie on. The wavy lawn-strips illustrate a great compromise, along with the rest of the design (including characteristic beautiful stonework) which beautifully illustrates how interesting a landscape can get when you stop thinking in tenth-generation cliches. Steve, this is brilliant. Thinking about an exact water budget before planting is an idea whose time has come. Thinking about landscapes in terms of paybacks is a brilliant way to put it to people unfamiliar with water-saving ideas. And I love the creative use of small lawn patches; I agree on so many points. Lawns are terrible water-eaters (and for people who use chemicals, terrible toxic sinks) – but they are really nice for kids to play on and adults to lie on. The wavy lawn-strips illustrate a great compromise, along with the rest of the design (including characteristic beautiful stonework) which beautifully illustrates how interesting a landscape can get when you stop thinking in tenth-generation cliches.

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