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Water Smart Landscape Design Basics

Water planning begins by noticing where it arrives, lingers, moves, and is needed.

A rain garden beside a home with layered plants, a dry stone edge, damp soil, and a calm rain shower
Every project has its own conditions. This pathway organizes the questions before it suggests a choice.

Use these guides in the order that matches your unknowns. Each one ends with the next useful question, not a one-size-fits-all prescription.

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What supports this guide

  • EPA WaterSense informs the planning questions here. Local authorities control site-specific rules.
  • NRCS Web Soil Survey informs the planning questions here. Local authorities control site-specific rules.
  • USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map informs the planning questions here. Local authorities control site-specific rules.