Texas gardeners, come on out to The Antique Rose Emporium Fall Festival in Brenham, Texas, this weekend for entertaining and educational garden speakers, beautiful display gardens, and fun! I’ll be speaking this Saturday, November 5th, from 1:30 to 2:30 pm. My talk, with plenty of eye-candy photos, is called “Hold the Hose! How to Design a Water-Saving Garden that Wows.”

Meet me afterward at the book-signing table, where you can purchase a signed copy of Lawn Gone! or The Water-Saving Garden. They make great holiday gifts!

Until then, here are a few water-saving garden — and faux garden — pics I’ve shared on my Instagram lately:

Dry shade-tolerant plantings around my back-yard pool

Waterwise containers on the back deck

And — why not? — a fun paper cactus display and wall sketches in the store window at Anthropologie in Austin! Even clothing stores recognize the beauty of waterwise plants, it seems. Click here to see more of Anthropologie’s gorgeous cactus window displays.

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