Tips for planting drought-tolerant gardens. A Seattle P.I. article by Ann Lovejoy.
Keyword: Xeriscaping
The Organic Garden: A dry garden can be lush and water-wise.
Plant selection for the low water-use garden. A Seattle P.I. article by Ann Lovejoy.
Saving Water Partnership
A Service of Seattle and participating area water utilities, with practical information on improving soil and choosing the right plants.
Beth Chatto’s Gravel Garden: Drought-resistant planting through the year
Droughty summers are a mainstay of the Pacific Northwest and water shortages are only going to get worse. Here’s a hands-on solution by one of the world’s finest gardeners living in a part of England that shares our cool but dry summers. This book requires some work on the reader’s part as the plant names are in Latin, but the proven design examples and plant selections are well worth the effort. Excellent photographs hold the reader’s attention and clearly say dry is beautiful.