The Water Efficient Gardens Difference

Choosing the right partner to design your water-efficient landscape is one of the most important decisions you can make when transforming your yard.

At Water Efficient Gardens, we don’t just design gardens—we deliver comprehensive native landscape solutions that solve multiple priorities at once. Unlike traditional landscapers, we provide:

• low-water landscaping
• low-maintenance yards
• modern garden design
• fire-resilient landscapes
• rainwater and greywater reuse
• drainage solutions
• edible gardens and fruit trees
• outdoor living spaces with lighting

Our goal is to create landscapes that are beautiful, sustainable, and practical for everyday living.

Maximize Your Landscape Rebates With Expert Guidance

Navigating local water conservation rebate programs can be confusing and time-consuming. Fortunately, it’s one of our specialties.

As a design partner with multiple regional water agencies, Water Efficient Gardens has successfully completed numerous rebate-driven projects.

Our team:

• ✔ Designs landscapes that meet rebate requirements.
• ✔ Handles documentation and compliance.
• ✔ Helps maximize available incentives

A 100% success rate for our clients receiving eligible rebates. Your landscape transformation can begin delivering financial benefits from day one.

Creating a Thriving, Balanced Ecosystem

Many landscape designers focus only on aesthetics. We take a systems-based approach, treating your garden as a complete ecosystem where every element works together.

Our designs integrate:

• water efficiency
• soil health
• plant communities
• stormwater management
• pollinator habitat
• long-term sustainability

For example:

• Rain gardens capture stormwater and reduce runoff
• Greywater systems reuse household water for irrigation
• Native plants support beneficial insects and pollinators
• Vegetable gardens are paired with pollinator plants to improve yields

This holistic approach ensures your landscape is beautiful, resilient, and productive.

→ Learn how our process works.

Landscapes That Support Pollinators and Local Ecosystems

Our passion and expertise is in designing with native plants.

Native plants are adapted to local climate and soil conditions, which means they typically require:

• less irrigation
• fewer fertilizers
• less maintenance

By incorporating a diverse selection of regional native plants in every design, our gardens support:

• pollinators (including butterflies and bees)
• birds
• beneficial insects

These biodiverse landscapes create gardens that feel alive, vibrant, and ecologically meaningful.

One of the most common frustrations property owners have with traditional landscaping is that it only looks good for a short time each year.

We solve that problem through strategic plant selection with staggered bloom times. Every design includes a Month of Bloom chart showing when plants flower and overlap throughout the seasons.

The result is a garden that provides continuous beauty across all four seasons.

One of the Region’s Leading Rain Garden Designers

Water Efficient Gardens is widely recognized for its expertise in low-impact development features, particularly rain gardens.

We have designed close to 100 rain gardens, giving us deep knowledge of the details required for successful implementation.

What Rain Gardens Do

• capture stormwater runoff
• improve water quality
• reduce flooding and erosion
• recharge groundwater
• add a beautiful landscape feature

Our designs make these systems both highly functional and visually stunning.

→ Browse rain gardens we’ve designed.

Laundry-to-Landscape Systems that Save Water

Water Efficient Gardens is officially certified for Laundry-to-Landscape greywater system design and installation.

Greywater systems reuse water from washing machines to irrigate landscape plants.

Benefits of Greywater Systems

• reduced potable water use
• lower water bills
• greater drought resilience

Our certification ensures these systems are designed and implemented safely and effectively.

→ Explore our Guide to Greywater Reuse Systems for Gardening.

Designs that Address Multiple Landscaping Goals

Most property owners or managers today are not looking for just a planting plan. They want a complete outdoor transformation. Our landscape designs frequently integrate several priorities at once:

• ✔ low-water, low-maintenance landscaping
• ✔ modern aesthetics that complement the space
• ✔ privacy screening and outdoor living spaces
• ✔ drainage and stormwater management
• ✔ rainwater and greywater reuse
• ✔ edible gardens and fruit trees
• ✔ fire-resilient landscape strategies
• ✔ landscape lighting for evening ambiance

This integrated approach allows property owners to create functional outdoor environments that feel like an extension of their home, business, organization or community.

Clients often come to Water Efficient Gardens with multiple landscape goals. Our designs frequently address combinations of the following:

Lawn Removal & Water-Wise Landscaping
Replace high-water lawns with native plants, drought-tolerant gardens, and efficient irrigation systems.

Drainage & Stormwater Management
Integrate rain gardens, dry creek beds, and grading solutions to prevent pooling and erosion.

Fire-Resilient Landscaping
Design landscapes with defensible space, fire-resistant plants, and non-combustible materials.

Edible Gardens & Fruit Trees
Incorporate citrus trees, raised vegetable beds, and pollinator plants that support food production.

Outdoor Living Spaces
Design patios, seating areas, pathways, and lighting that make the yard usable year-round.

These integrated solutions allow you to transform your yard into a beautiful, sustainable, and highly functional outdoor environment.

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Many clients want their landscapes to produce food as well as beauty.

Our designs often include:

• citrus trees
• stone fruit trees
• raised vegetable beds
• pollinator gardens
• herb gardens

These edible landscapes allow homeowners and communities to enjoy fresh food directly from their garden while supporting pollinators.

See Your Garden Before Installation Begins

Working with Water Efficient Gardens means seeing your landscape before installation begins.

All final designs are presented with high-quality 3D landscape renderings, allowing you to clearly visualize your future garden. Using your input and our design tools, we also generate inspirational garden imagery to guide the design process.

This ensures the final landscape aligns closely with your vision.