Sustainable Backyard Learning Center

Part Of The High Country Gardens Waterwise Plants Learning Center Sustainability beings in your backyard! Ready to remove your traditional thirsty turf grass, and replace it with a waterwise garden...

By David Salman, High Country Gardens Founder and Chief Horticulturist Get a carpet of color in your landscape with low-growing groundcovers! Groundcovers are some of our most versatile garden plants....

by David Salman Islands of taller plants in the groundcovers providing additional beauty and interest in this La Jolla, CA yard. Inspiration For Replacing Lawns in the Intermountain West California,...

by Wendy 'Hachita' Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis) in Summer Like any lawn, whether planted with traditional lawn grasses or low water native species, good maintenance practices are essential to keeping...

Now that it's officially summer, this is a good time to review how to care for your lawn when the heat is on. Lawns act like a natural air conditioner,...

By David Salman, Founder of High Country Gardens Gardeners in the West, and across the country, are learning that you don’t need a lawn to have a beautiful yard. Replacing...

by High Country Gardens Growing a Drought Tolerant Lawn During our geologic past about 20,000,000 years ago, the weather became more arid and the North American grasslands originated as forest...