Central Utah Gardens Water Conservation Garden

One of several of Utah’s water conservation gardens, created to demonstrate and encourage the wise use of water in Utah landscapes, is located in the Central Utah Water Conservancy District.

At the gardens and in their series of classes you will learn the 7 steps of water-efficientlandscaping, also known as waterwise landscaping. Often, when people think of saving water in a landscape, they picture a yard full of rock, cactus, and yucca plants. Water-efficient landscapes can be anything from an English cottage garden style to a formal garden to a southwest garden style. The key is to follow the seven water-efficient landscaping steps that help you use water wisely in your Utah landscape.

To learn how you can cut down on our water usage for landscaping visit a water conservation demonstration garden and be informed.

Central Utah Gardens

355 W. University Parkway

Orem, UT

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Sego Lily Gardens

Sego Lily Gardens, winner of Best of State Utah 2011 for their conservation efforts, is sited on 2.5 acres in the heart of Sandy, surrounded by residential homes and is one of the first demonstration gardens along the Wasatch Front to emphasize low-water use plants and landscaping. They have done an outstanding job of displaying plants native to Utah and the staff is very informative and eager to answer any questions. I went with the idea of learning what plants are already adapted to our local environment and I was not disappointed.

On display are a large variety of drought tolerant plants, including trees, shrubs, perennials, grasses, groundcovers and vines. The gardens are simply beautiful and every plant is clearly identified.

There are over 1,100 plants at Sego Lily Gardens and different types of irrigation systems. Overall it was a very informative visit and I encourage everyone to make plans to see what you too can learn on water conservation techniques and what plants are best adapted to our climate.

Sego Lily Gardens

1472 East Sego Lily Drive (10200 South)

Sandy, UT

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