28th Water Wise Landscape Tour

Congratulations Winners!

Dallas residents and landscape aficionados joined us on Saturday, October 22, 2022, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the White Rock Pump Station, 2900 White Rock Rd., for the 28th year of the Water-Wise Landscape Tour. Visitors then continued on the self-guided tour until 3:00 p.m. The tour is all about inspirational landscapes that are beautiful, but water-savers and it was free! After stopping at the pump station, tour attendees participated in self-guided tours of the winning landscapes and community garden locations. There was also a talk at the Trinity River Audubon Center with free admission.

If you didn’t get a chance to attend, please click here to view the entries.

Here’s a map and the list of winners. We look forward to seeing all of you on the tour in 2023!

Category Name
Best of Show Suzy Renz
Best Large Landscape Suzy Renz
Large Landscape Honorable Mention Alan Irene Brown
Best Small Landscape Maggie Saucedo
Small Landscape Honorable Mention Caroline Hampton Manning
Fan Favorite Rachel Bullock
Fan Favorite Jean McIntosh

10 9 Judging Criteria

  • Water Conservation: Efficient irrigation/water use; use of non-vegetative materials such as fences, walls, walks, etc.; use of native or adaptive plants; reduced turf area; and use of mulches
  • Bonus points for:
    • Drip irrigation
    • Irrigation system inspection through City of Dallas Water Conservation Division
    • Onsite composting
    • Rain barrel(s)
  • Design: Aesthetic appeal; composition; use of color and plant variety
    • Innovative plantings and/or container garden(s)
    • Edibles or foodscapes
  • Appropriate Maintenance: Landscape tidy, healthy, disease and pest free plants; no weeds; plants pruned as appropriate
  • Special Focus Landscaping: pollinator-friendly plants (nectar and host) and use of native grasses. Kitchen Gardens are small plots of herbs and other edible plants that you harvest from often. They stand on their own or may be incorporated into your landscape.

The Awards

Winners will be selected in the following awards categories:

  • Best of Show Landscape

    (Judges choice from all entries)

  • Best Large Landscape

    Best Large Landscape Honorable Mention

    (Submit your front and back yard for this category or if your front yard is a double lot)

  • Best Small Landscape

    Best Small Landscape Honorable Mention

    (Submit your front yard only)

  • Best Kitchen Garden

    Best Kitchen Garden Honorable Mention

    (Small plot of edibles, harvest from it often, standalone, or incorporated into your landscape)
Questions?

Call 214-670-5378 or

e-mail melinda.magana@dallas.gov

Entry Form

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