Learn Permascaping
Resources to learn permaculture and why it should be your best friend.
Urban Farm Podcast #839: Jérémy Chevallier on Food Forest Innovations
Building food in our everyday landscapes
3 Principles to Healthy Living Soil
Keep it quiet, covered, and planted
The Case Against Artificial Turf
It’s poisoning your kids
What is “landscaping” anyway?
An opportunity to regenerate the Earth
Moringas > Unicorns
No more tech for tech’s sake
Back to Basics: From Tech to Soil
We will all return to it someday
Events
Case Studies
A Rainwater-Fed Community Landscape for First United Methodist Church of Gilbert
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Turning Drainage Nightmares into Food & Water Security for Sheila H. in Scottsdale
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Harnessing the Storms: Massive Suburban Rainwater Sheetflow Control
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Natural Landscaping Vision: 13815 North 41st Place
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Growing a Front Yard Food Forest from Scratch in Phoenix
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Chawn’s Rainwater-Fed Backyard Orchards in the Scottsdale Desert
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Plant Selection
Willow acacia (Acacia salicina )Narrow, evergreen Australian shade tree; place away from paving and use as an adapted—not native—canopy. 
Green hopseed bush (Dodonaea viscosa )Durable native screen shrub with a natural upright form, wildlife value, and excellent reflected-heat tolerance; avoid constant shearing and protect in severe frost pockets. 
Weeping bottlebrush (Melaleuca viminalis )A graceful Australian tree with red brush-like flowers that feed hummingbirds and pollinators, best where a broad weeping canopy and moderate water fit. 
Desert hackberry (Celtis pallida )Dense, thorny native that works as a low-canopy tree, understory thicket, or living hedge while its orange berries and protected branching feed and shelter desert wildlife. 
Angelita daisy (Tetraneuris acaulis )Compact yellow-flowering perennial especially useful in cooler suburbs, outskirts, and high-desert gardens. 
Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana )A massive, long-lived evergreen shade tree for large, deeply irrigated properties—not a desert xeriscape tree or a small-yard substitute.