1. Reduce your lawn area by 1/3rd
2. Mow your lawn at a 3” height
3. Reseed or over-seed your lawn to a primarily fescue grass mix
4. Don’t irrigate your lawn, let it go dormant in dry weather
5. If you do irrigate, do so only when the lawn is wilting
6. Add mulch around your garden plants and shrubs
7. Shred leaves for use as mulch
8. Plant native or non-invasive species which are well adapted to our area
9. Move plants that require lots of water to better locations
10. Divert runoff from the roof and other impervious areas onto the lawn and other planted areas
Replacing a lawn area with ground cover and mulch on sunny, sloped areas reduces need for irrigation
