What's going on with the landscaping at the library?
Xeriscaping is underway
This very question was asked on Nextdoor and various opinions about xeriscaping were offered.
A couple of years ago our previous City Administrator Fritz Sprague said he planned to initiate a study of the city’s landscaping to find places where water conservation could occur. That analysis was conducted and plans to remove sod around some city buildings and replace it with xeriscaping were set in motion.
The first project took place at Fire Station #1 on 111th. The city’s communications department tells us this is one of Colorado’s largest demonstration xeriscape gardens. It showcases the latest designs for lawns using Resource Central’s Garden-in-a-Box, provides educational information about how pollinator plants preserve local biodiversity, and highlights fire-resistant plants and fireproofing.
THE LIBRARY
I reached out to the parks department and they kindly worked with the plans for the library landscaping and created a version small enough to email to me. It’s in a PDF which I can only share as an attachment. (Scroll to the bottom to find it). I did my best to screenshot some of the images so that I could at least share the overview and the list of plants.
Some folks think of xeriscaping as putting down a slew of rocks, but that’s not what it’s all about. If you take a look at the planting lists you will see they include 1000’s of low water use and native plants and grasses.
To get the best view of the images and lists, check out the PDF, it’s much easier to read.
In the overall view above you can see a section that says “refer to L 3.01”. Here it is.
Plant list for L 3.01
