Our drought is so bad that our HOA is permitting us to remove our front yard lawns. We never put a lawn in in the backyard. We are currently working with a landscaper to get a plan we can submit to do this also. By July the lawns look more like a mowed wheat field. They are not green. The plants in the new drought tolerant yards are drought tolerant and use drip irrigation that turns on at 2 AM.
What a great idea, I love the result. We were in drought for years and then we had rains for 2 years and I think we are swinging back to drought again as winter arrives.
Our yard is pretty much entirely stone. There are some small gardens around the trees. The soil in them is awful so even though we're not in drought, nothing grows. I think your new yard is going to look really nice! This one does.
