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Utah Water Savers - Earn money for saving Utah's water Join our water-saving rebate programs and earn rewards for conserving Utah's water resources. Choose from one of our three programs: Landscape Incentive, Smart Controller, or Toilet Replacement, and contribute to preserving our precious water supply.

Do the Snow Dance

Winter is coming!

Temperatures have dropped and it's time for our landscapes to prepare for winter rest. Mother Nature can provide what's needed now for established plants from here on out. Hand-water any newly planted plants. Over the next couple of weekends, take the time to winterize your system and ensure your yard is ready for what we all hope will be an awesome winter season.

Preparing for the “Design Your Own Park Strip” activity for the Saturday, May 13th Garden Open House Register to attend to Learn with Localscapes, see examples and learn from the Garden staff and find out how to qualify for the landscape incentives from the techs! Visit conservationgardenpark.org/events to sign up!

Rainwater harvesting in Utah: is it okay, or not?
State law allows residents to collect rainwater in up to two covered containers with a 100-gallon maximum storage capacity. If you want to collect more, you can register at the Utah Division of Water Rights website. Registration is free and allows you to store up to 2,500 gallons of rainwater. If you're interested, here's the website: https://waterrights.utah.gov/forms/rainwater.asp

Rainwater harvesting in Utah: is it okay, or not?

State law allows residents to collect rainwater in up to two covered containers with a 100-gallon maximum storage capacity. If you want to collect more, you can register at the Utah Division of Water Rights website. Registration is free and allows you to store up to 2,500 gallons of rainwater. If you're interested, here's the website: https://waterrights.utah.gov/forms/rainwater.asp

Rainwater harvesting in Utah: is it okay, or not?

State law allows residents to collect rainwater in up to two covered containers with a 100-gallon maximum storage capacity. If you want to collect more, you can register at the Utah Division of Water Rights website. Registration is free and allows you to store up to 2,500 gallons of rainwater. If you're interested, here's the website: https://waterrights.utah.gov/forms/rainwater.asp

Sloping yard? This is the planting design for the rock wall at the Conservation Garden Park. Blooms peak in May but there's all-season interest. Choose some (or all) of these beauties for your own rock wall! Cross-reference the plants to the online Conservation Garden Park Plant Database to learn more about each of them. http://conservationgardenpark.org/plants

Spring may be late-- but it has finally arrived! The best time to manage weeds is before they germinate and grow. The second-best time is while they're small!

Weber Basin Water will be charging our secondary water lines starting April 24th.
Many people think we are their secondary water provider when there are many other water suppliers in the area. Please check the map to see who your secondary water provider is. https://weberbasin.com/CustomerService/ProviderSearch

Landscape Rebates – Conserve Water Utah Landscape Rebates During the 2022 legislative session, the Division of Water Resources received $5 million to implement a statewide grass replacement rebate program. The program encourages waterwise landscaping, including having lawns only where they’re actively used. The full statewide program wi...

Our Localscaping homeowners have come up with so many awesome ideas for maximizing the functionality of their spaces. The Jensens created this fabulous planted drive area for their RV and work vehicle storage. This solution WOULD NOT work for a regular, daily-use driveway. However, if you will only use it once a week or less, this works great!

Planting Bed Maintenance Located in West Jordan, Utah the Conservation Garden Park showcases waterwise landscaping examples as well as interactive educational exhibits on how to achieve a waterwise landscape.

Planning new plantings for your landscape? This list contains some of our favorite very low-water options. They're listed in order of seasonal bloom so as long as you select at least one from each row, you'll have season-long interest in your landscape. The list contains mostly native perennials but we've thrown in a few adapted varieties for good measure. Learn more about each of these plants in our online plant database. http://conservationgardenpark.org/plants

It's been cold and miserable-- and still the weeds LOVE IT. These unwelcome invaders are already starting to germinate in your landscape, the sooner you apply a pre-emergent (there are some organic varieties as well) the less work you'll do all season long. An ounce of prevention is worth FAR MORE than the many pounds of cure skipping this step could require-- especially in planting beds that have not yet been converted to drip irrigation.

Data confirms Utah is no longer in an extreme drought for the first time in nearly 3 years Utah is no longer in an extreme drought for the first time in nearly three years, data confirmed.According to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's U.S. drought

We’ve been working hard alongside partners at Utah Water Savers to update the state’s landscape rebate programs. The changes will result in a streamlined application process and more rebate opportunities for those of you who want to do your part to stretch the state’s water supply! While we finalize the details of the program updates, check out classes (many are free and online) offered by our partners to learn how to achieve a healthy, waterwise landscape! localscapes.com/classes

📷: High Country Gardens

Planning a small landscape improvement project for 2023? Our newest class, "Flip Your Strip & Side Yard" covers planning your park strip project and smaller-scale projects, like your side yard or just a portion of your yard. Our team will teach this class as a live webinar at different points in the season but it's available 24/7 here: https://localscapes.com/classes/1613/Flip-Your-Strip-and-Side-Yard

It's almost Flip Your Strip season? Have you already flipped? If so, feel free to post a photo in the comments-- we'd love to make more of these graphics featuring YOUR results!

🌸🐿🐝🦋🐦If you want a yard that is teeming with life, plant viburnum. The plant is striking, with beautiful foliage and bold flowers that attract pollinators, followed by red to black berries that attract birds, squirrels, and other wildlife. Plus, their dense foliage makes an ideal place for birds and small animals to secret themselves away! You may be surprised at the variety you'll find in the various cultivars! Taller cultivars are often used as a natural hedge or privacy screen. They also work well as a specimen plant, or as part of a mixed border.
Learn more about viburnum in our blog: https://progressiveplants.com/blog.html

In a NORMAL year, the Pasque Flowers would already be in bloom. Clearly, this year is not normal (thank goodness!) but Pasque Flowers will still be among the first flowers of any season, regardless of the exact date the season begins. The blooms last for a month or so and are then followed by the seed heads-- which gradually fade from pink to white over the next couple of months.

So many of the "classic" landscape plants have gotten breeding overhauls over the last decade or so. The once-humble flowering quince is one of them. The traditional varieties performed JUST GOOD ENOUGH to rationalize keeping them. That's all changed with the newer Double Take series of Flowering Quince from Proven Winners which boasts much larger flowers that appear in far greater numbers on a plant that's significantly smaller. Win/Win/Win.
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