For a Greener Yard, Lose the Lawn
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Across the Southwest, cities are banning water-thirsty front lawns. Cado Daily of the University of Arizona’s Water Wise Program views that as an opportunity to plant a “rainscape”—a yard with drought-friendly native plants that she says can look as lush as a lawn, and lure wildlife back, too.
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Cado Daily
Cado Daily is the water resources coordinator for the Water Wise Program at the University of Arizona Cochise County Cooperative Extension in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
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