Texas SmartScape – Save Money and Water, Naturally

For Immediate Release   March 6, 2009

Contact:
Melinda Haggerty
Sustainability Communications Coordinator
Sustainability & Environmental Services
Phone: (972) 769-4391 Cell: (214) 649-1895

Texas SmartScape – Save Money and Water, Naturally

Your landscaping can save you money and conserve water when you practice Texas SmartScape techniques. Local landscaping expert, Bonnie Reese, will present two free seminars on planning a water-wise landscape on Saturday, March 14 at the Plano Municipal Center, Council Chamber, 1520 K Ave., Plano.

While admission is free and no pre-registration is required, seating is limited. The first 150 participants receive a free copy of Common Sense Landscaping (one per household). Everyone attending the event will be eligible to win a personal landscaping consultation
worth $175.

Landscape Design, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., teaches the basics of good landscape design.
Fantastic Plants for North Texas, 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., is a compelling slideshow replete with the rich colors of Texas friendly plants and flowers. If you’re sensitive to Texas heat and prefer an indoors perspective of the great outdoors, then this “armchair tour” of drought-tolerant native and adapted plants is the perfect solution. Reese’s common-sense approach to gardening is consistent with Texas SmartScape practices. If saving time, money, effort and water are important, then be smart, and plant a Texas-friendly landscape.

For more information about Texas SmartScape programs and other educational opportunities, visit www.livegreeninplano.com.

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