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SMARTEST YARD
OF THE WEEK
CONTEST
Winner: William Johnson
For more than a decade, Mr. Johnson has enjoyed the variety of
butterflies, hummingbirds, and other wildlife that are attracted to
his native and drought tolerant landscaping. Mr. Johnson’s lawn was
once solid St. Augustine grass that required large amounts of water,
fertilizer, and mowing up to three times a week. After preparing the
soil with compost, lava sand, seaweed, dry molasses and other
organic principles as recommended by Howard Garrett, he decided to
“go all the way” and remove all of the existing turf grass and
replace it with a variety of drought tolerant groundcovers,
perennials, and shrubs. Plants that can be found include Dwarf and
Standard Mexican Petunia, Red Yucca, Mexican Oregano, Autumn Sage,
Big Red Sage, Russian Sage, Pink Guara, Turk’s Cap, Columbine, and
Desert Willow. Congratulations to Mr. Johnson for having this week's
Smart Yard!
Mr. Johnson’s backyard provides a good example of utilizing native
and drought tolerant landscaping in combination with rock hardscape
that creates a low maintenance area that is also aesthetically
pleasing.
 Smartest Yard is an event
to recognize Arlington residents who have incorporated
environmentally friendly yard management and design into a
"Smart Yard" using the design concepts from Texas SmartScape™ (visit www.txsmartscape.com)
and similar sources. This event is only open to residences.
For more information call Dustan Compton at 817-459-6628 or by
email to
Dustan.Compton@arlingtontx.gov
The "Smartest Yard" contest is sponsored by the City of Arlington in
partnership with UTA, in support of NCTCOG's regional efforts to
promote Texas SmartScape. [
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