When the irrigation system at Yoni Melchert’s North End home started to break last fall, it was the end of the line for her lawn — but not because she was unable to water it. The Boise resident had ...

Note the spelling of xeriscaping. It's not barren "zero-scaping." A well-designed xeriscape garden has a beautiful mix of low-water flowers, shrubs, groundcover, and decorative grasses that bloom with ...