Residential Xeriscape Irrigation Research & Plan Design

Paul Coseo

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Course Title
Creative Project
Course Letter Acronym
LAP
Course Number
492/493
Project Lead Faculty
Paul Coseo

As a sprawling metro region, the City of Phoenix is a desert city with warm temperatures year-round. As an alternative to turf lawns, the City prioritizes the use of xeriscaping as a sustainable alternative to typical residential landscaping. In the interest of conserving water, the City promotes low water-use landscaping, or xeriscaping. After the successful development of residential xeriscape design plans for three standard lot sizes during the spring 2023 semester, the City of Phoenix Water Services Department is continuing the partnership with an honors undergraduate landscape architecture student to gather feedback from residents, experts, and Home Owner’s Associations (HOAs) on irrigation behaviors and xeriscape practices to inform a series of irrigation design plans to supplement the previously created xeriscape plans.

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