Design Your Own Landscape

Designing a landscape takes planning. Use these tools to determine your landscaping needs and to design a water smart landscape that best fits your lifestyle.

Planning

One of the first steps to designing your own landscape is to conduct a site and needs assessment. Review your current landscape and decide what you want to change or create in your yard.

Be sure to create a water-smart landscape in harmony with our desert climate. Use the "Landscape Site & Needs Assessment" checklist below. Check out our wildlife habitat tips if you want to design a yard that attracts birds and animals.

Another great resource is the "Simply Beautiful" interactive CD-ROM, which features a comprehensive, plant-search database as well as a step-by-step guide to landscape planning, installation and maintenance. Request the "Simply Beautiful" CD.

Free Sample Designs

If you get overwhelmed by the design process, consider using one of SNWA's professionally-designed landscape plans.

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