Xeriscape Resources

Demonstration Gardens
Xeriscape Books
Xeriscape Videos

Demonstration Xeriscape Gardens

Arvada – City of Arvada Public Works Center (303) 420-0984
6161 Olde Wadsworth Boulevard, east side of building.
1 acre, featuring 2 turf types and 50 labeled plant species.

Boulder – Boulder Creek Xeriscape Garden (303) 441-3416
West of the Justice Center at 6th and Canyon streets.
1/4 acre, featuring 6 turf types and 75 species of plants, including herbs. Interpretive signs with identified plants.

Castle Rock – Douglas Co. Executive Building (303) 688-3096
101 3rd Street.
1500 square feet, featuring 1 turf area and about 75 labeled plant species.

Chatfield Arboretum – Xeriscape Demo. Garden (303) 973-3705
1/2 mile west of Wadsworth Blvd. on Deer Creek Canyon Road.
2 1/2 acres, with over 150 labeled plant species. Emphasis is on wildlife habitat, residential design and readily available plants.

Colorado Springs – Mesa Water Treatment Plant (719) 636-5407
2855 Mesa Road.
1 3/4 acres, with over 150 species of plants, including 71 species of natives. Interpretive signs and plant labels.

Denver – Denver Water (303) 628-6343
1600 West 12th Avenue.
1/4 acre, featuring 6 turf types and 90 species of plants. Interpretive signs and plant labels. Different plant regions are zoned and equipped with water meters

Fort Collins – Fort Collins City Hall (303) 221-6681
300 LaPorte Avenue
1/3 acre, including 3 turf types and over 100 labeled plant species. Different plant regions are zoned and equipped with water meters for comparative purposes.

Longmont – Longmont Public Library (303) 651-8348
3rd and Kimbark, south side.
400 square feet, with 2 turf types and about 50 labeled plant species.

Xeriscape Books

Bennett, Richard E and Michael S. Hazinski
Water-Efficient Landscape Guidelines
American Water Works Association, 1993

Birchfield, Emerson R.
The Flowering of Denver
Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, CO 1989

Borland, James N., Sylvia Brockner and Jeanne R. Janish
Native Plants of Genesee
Boulder, CO. Genesee Foundation, 1987.

Brown-Folsom, Debra ...[et al.]
Dry Climate Gardening with Succulents
New York, NY. Pantheon Books, 1995

Brune, Rick
The Prairie Garden
Reprinted by the Colorado Native Plant Society, 1991

Brenzel, Kathleen
Sunset Western Garden Book
Sunset Publishing, Menlo Park, CA., 1995

City of Boulder, Colorado
Boulder Xeriscapes, Gardening with Our Climate
1995, CD-ROM

Coates, Margaret
Perennials for the Western Garden
Boulder, CO. Pruett Press, 1976

Colorado Nursery Association
The Rocky Mountain Perennial Plant Guide
Denver, CO, 1995

Colorado Nurserymen's Association
Rocky Mountain Plant Guide
Denver, CO, 1993

CSU Cooperative Extension Office, Service In Action Bulletins:

Feucht, James R., Xeriscaping: Water Conservation Through Creative Landscaping, No. 7.228

Feucht, James R., Xeriscaping: Trees And Shrubs For Low-water Landscapes, No. 7.229

Feucht, James R., Xeriscaping: Ground Cover Plants For Low-water Landscapes, No. 7.230

Feucht, James R., Xeriscaping: Garden Flowers For Low-water Landscapes, No. 7.231

Feucht, James R., Xeriscaping: Turf and Ornamental Grasses For Low-water Landscapes, No. 7.232

Feucht, James R., Wildflowers for Colorado Landscapes, No. 7.233

Flowering Herbaceous Perennials for the High Plains. Technical Bulletin LTB 89-5, 1989

Klett, J.E. and R. A. Cox, Ground Cover Plants, No. 7.401

Klett, J.E. and R. A. Cox, Rock Garden Plants, No. 7.400

Creasy, Rosalind
The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping
Sierra Club Books, ISBN 0-87156-249-2.

Ellefson, Connie, Tom Stephens and Doug Welsh
Xeriscape Gardening
Macmillan Publishing, 1992

Erickson, Jonathan
Saving Water in the Home & Garden
TAB Books, 1993.

Ferguson, Nicola
Right Plant, Right Place
Summit Books, 1984.

Feucht, James R. and Jack D. Butler
Landscape Management
New York, NY. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1988.

Hakala, Sue
Drought Gardening
Pownal VT. Storey Communications, 1981.

Huddleson, S. and M. Hussey
Grow Native
Boulder, CO. Pruett Press, 1989.

Johnson, Eric & Millard, Scott
The Low Water Flower Gardener
Tucson, AZ. Ironwood Press, 1993

Knopf, Jim
The Xeriscape Flower Gardener
Johnson Books, 1991

Landscaping for Water Conservation: Xeriscape!
Jointly published by City of Aurora, CO, and Denver Water

Nelson, Ruth Ashton
The Handbook of Rocky Mountain Plants
Skyland Publishers, Box 1258, Estes Park, CO, 1979.

Nehrling, Arno
Easy Gardening With Drought-Resistant Plants
New York, Hearthside Press, 1968

O'Keefe, John M.
Water-Conserving Gardens and Landscapes
Pownal, Ver. Storey Communications, 1992

Ottesen, Carole
Ornamental Grasses – The Amber Wave
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 1989

Perry, Bob.
Landscape Plants for Western Regions: An Illustrated Guide to Plants for Water Conservation
Claremont, CA: Land Design Publishing, 1992

Phillips, Judith
Southwestern Landscaping with Native Plants
Santa Fe, Museum of New Mexico Press, 1987

Phillips, Judith
Natural by Design: Beauty and Balance in Southwest Gardens
Santa Fe, Museum of New Mexico Press, 1995

Phillips, Judith
Plants for Natural Gardens: Southwestern Native & Adaptive Trees, Shrubs, Wildflowers & Grasses
Sante Fe, Museum of New Mexico Press, 1995

Rumary, Mark
The Dry Garden
Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1995.

Springer, Lauren
The Undaunted Garden
Fulcrum Publishing, 1994

Sunset New Western Garden Book
Lane Publishing Company, 1983

Sunset Waterwise Gardening
Lane Publishing Company, 1989

Taylor, Jane
Plants For Dry Climates
New York, Prentice Hall, 1993

Taylor's Guide to Water-Saving Gardening
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1990

Thomas, Christopher
Water-Wise Gardening
New York, Simon & Schuster, 1994

Wheatly, Margaret
Successful Gardening with Limited Water
Woodbridge Press, 1978.

Xeriscape Plant Guide
Fulcrum Publishing, 1996
edited by Denver Water

Xeriscape Videos

Beautiful Gardens With Less Water.
32 minutes.
Produced by: Sunset Films and Television
Lane Publishing Company
Menlo Park, CA 94025

Sunset Waterwise Gardening – Western Edition
32 minutes. Produced by:
Sunset Video
Lane Publishing Company
Menlo Park, CA 94025

Xeriscape – Appropriate Landscaping to ConserveWater
30 minutes.
Produced by:
San Luis Video
P.O. Box 4604
San Luis Obispo, CA 93403

Xeriscape – Landscaping to Save Water, Time and Money
18 minutes.
Produced by:
Virginia Jensen and Fred Liljegren
Department of Natural Resources
Division of Water Resources
1636 West North Temple, Suite 310
Salt Lake City, Utah 84116

Your Own Back Yard
1 hour.
Produced jointly by:
Denver Water & Linda Rea Productions