More and more I am being asked to remove unused, water thirsty lawns. Here is an example of a design I did where we did just that. The space is small and was originally part of a "model home" (a model of what? I'm not sure but that is another story). It has your typical lawn surrounded by your basic landscape list of shrubs.
And here is what we did. We replaced the lawn with this killer custom fire pit/casual gathering area. Replaced the existing shrubs with ones that use low water (once established), interesting foliage and flowers that attract local wildlife (butterflies, bees and hummingbirds). We also revamped the dated irrigation system and installed custom lighting throughout the yard that makes this project really shine.
