When Rick Cole and Katherine Perez moved into their Ventura, California home, the front yard consisted of St. Augustine grass and an oleander hedge, now it's full of great texture and nearly year-round color.
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Mary and Joe Bochiechio removed their lawn in favor of a meandering path and fragrant, low-water plants.
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The Mediterranean plants in Gabe Gelbart's garden aren't just modest in their water demands, they also stand up to Los Angeles' alkaline soil, low humidity, and hot, dry winds.
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Landscape designer Shirley Watts is on a mission to green up her gardens by preserving resources and recycling materials.
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Ken and Beverly Behymer got rid of their rocks and added low-water plants that give their yard an all-season appeal.
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Before its transformation by designers Hendrikus Schraven and Jules Durant, this modest backyard was nothing but a flat lawn. Now the multitiered retreat offers plenty of amenities and is absolutely grass-free.
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Stacie Crooks of Crooks Garden Design ripped out much of her lawn and replaced it with a mixture of perennials and shrubs.
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Nate Downey's butterfly-friendly garden was planted during a Stage 3 Drought Emergency in Santa Fe, when irrigation was allowed only once a week.
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Previously a patch of dead lawn with a few random shrubs, Mohit and Sherry Modi's yard was transformed into series of low walls, planting beds, and walkways.
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A lush-looking entry garden composed of colorful and unthirsty plants greets visitors to the home of Peggy Ives and Roger Heroux in Colorado Springs.
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