. . I am jealous. Everything’s in Austin…Sometimes,to someone who cares about the environment it seems that way…I live in Leander,Texas,Williamson County because of the affordability of homes and the Leander ISD school system. I am trying to help the City of Leander to encourage greenbuilding and green yards. My yard meets the criteria for Austin’s Award Winning Green Garden Program yet I am not a City of Austin water customer so I can’t share my yard in that venue. The City of Leander gets the water from the same place,Lake Travis but we buy it from Leander,not Austin. Part of being a Texas Organic Home is to have a green yard. By green I do not mean a huge,water hungry synthetic yard but a water conserving,sensible and beautiful yard that is safe for humans,pets and wildlife due to lack of synthetic chemicals. “Synthetic”yards use non-native plants and grasses from some rainforest that do not jive with the Austin/Central Texas climate. These plants drink too much of our water and may be invasive and take over our wild spaces.
Call or e-mail me and I’ll help you learn more.
signed,a Native Texan and aspiring Master Naturalist,Citizen Gardener,and Master Gardener.
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