5.0 on Google (1 review)· Locally owned in Highlands Ranch

720-772-8130
Request a quoteRequest a quote or consultation

Consultations - Designs - Installations

Water-wiseLandscapes forColorado'sFront Range

Get help with your Xeriscape project and create a beautiful outdoor space that is low maintenance, conserves water and best of all, supports the natural environment.

Request a quote or consultationCall 720-772-8130
  • 5.0 on Google (1 review)
  • Locally owned in Highlands Ranch
  • Serving the Denver Metro and Front Range
A dry creek bed of river stones with a wooden footbridge, edged by new water-wise plantings and mulch
Dry creek bed and footbridge, Aurora

From a photo of your yard to a finished Xeriscape

Each step builds on the last. Start with a consultation and add what your project needs.

  1. Consultations

    Discuss your ideas, desires and vision for your landscape. Receive a list of selected plants suited to your location and a plant reference guide to help you maintain your Xeriscape

    A brick house with a front yard of turf grass, before its Xeriscape design
    Before: a front yard of turf

  2. Visual Designs

    Using photos of your property, a visual design is created to give you a realistic view of your landscape makeover. Plant reference guide included

    A 3D render of the same brick house with the lawn replaced by planted beds, rock and mulch
    Visual design of the same yard (3D render)

  3. Design Plans

    A detailed scale diagram often needed for installation of larger projects or when HOA approval is required. The plan shows the size and placement of plants and hardscapes, an itemized list of materials and a quote for installation. Plant reference guide included

    A scale landscape design plan showing the placement of plants and hardscapes
    A scale design plan

  4. 3D Virtual Walkthrough

    See your design come to life in virtual reality with a video tour of your new landscape

    A 3D render of the same house's front patio with a planted bed and orange chairs
    A still from the 3D design of the front patio

  5. Installation

    Xeric Gardens can also have your Xeriscape design professionally installed to make your dream water-wise landscape a reality!

    A finished front entry with new planting beds, mulch and a curved walk
    A finished install: new beds, mulch and a curved walk
A brick house with a front yard of turf grass, before its Xeriscape design
A 3D render of the same brick house with the lawn replaced by planted beds, rock and mulch
A scale landscape design plan showing the placement of plants and hardscapes
A 3D render of the same house's front patio with a planted bed and orange chairs
A finished front entry with new planting beds, mulch and a curved walk
Request a quote or consultation

Ready to start? Tell us about your yard.

A hummingbird with a magenta throat feeding from red salvia flowers
A gravel path winding between flowering water-wise plants

Xeriscape for Nature's Sake

At Xeric Gardens, our goal is to promote water conservation and sustainability by designing Xeriscapes that both conserve water and are environmentally friendly.

Our consultations and designs can help you transform your urban landscape into an inviting and colorful Xeriscape that you will enjoy while saving water and providing a beautiful natural habitat for butterflies, bees, hummingbirds and other essential pollinators.

What is Xeriscape?

Xeriscape refers to a landscape that can survive on rainfall and little to no supplemental water. The principles of Xeriscaping were originally developed by Denver Water in 1981 in response to water shortages. The name is derived from the Greek word “Xeros” meaning "dry."

A ColoradoScape is a beautiful and sustainable landscape that can thrive in Colorado's unique and arid climate. At Xeric Gardens, we specialize in using native and adapted plants to Colorado that require minimal water and maintenance while providing a stunning, functional and environmentally responsible outdoor space.

Get paid to Xeriscape!

The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) has a statewide Turf Replacement Program that began in the spring of 2023. It boosts funding for existing rebate programs and creates new turf replacement programs state wide. See the CWCB web site for more information.

In the summer time, up to 60% of water consumed daily by households is used for outdoor watering of landscapes. More than half of that water is wasted due to evaporation, runoff, overwatering and poor maintenance. Xeriscape practices and proper irrigation can result in a 30–80% water savings in the landscape!

Instead of a large water thirsty Bluegrass lawn, use native and adapted plants to Colorado that can better survive the arid harsh climate along the Front Range.

Replacing turf grass with more drought tolerant and hardy plants saves on water, mowing and maintenance!

Check with your local water utility company about rebates they may offer for turf replacement that will help you transform your landscape into a beautiful water-wise Xeriscape.

Turf replaced with mulched planting beds and flagstone stepping stones
Turf replaced with mulched beds and flagstone steps

It's Xeriscape not Zero-scape

“Zero-scapes” filled with rocks cause wasteful water runoff and heat buildup that parches nearby trees and shrubs.

Check out the following post on our blog page regarding the prolonged drought in the American desert southwest:
Read “It's a Desert Out There” on our blog

Request a quote or consultation

Get started on your Xeriscape project to help save water and the environment.

Tell us about your yard

What can we help with?