When gardening, use a water-wise garden.
- native plants
- use turf removal
- use organic products
- use compost
- Plant certain plants during the right weather that match its requirements.
- Drought plants don’t need fertilizer, such as lavender, agave, lantana, poppy, strawberry tree, and succulents.
- Turf substitutes include such plants as Silver Carpet, CA Meadow Sedge, Dwarf Coyote Bush, Bearberry, and Creeping Myoporum.