Talk of The Villages Florida - Xeriscaping = Water Conservation

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Originally Posted by JoMar (Post 1067967)

The Villages doesn't have a true HOA.....they are advocates.

I used "HOA" as a stand in term for ANY one / thing that is normally in charge of enforcing rules / restrictions / convents that would prevent a homeowner from doing a FF / xeriscaping per the Florida Statutes.

All that gravel.

I am gonna get slaughtered for this, but I hope it doesn't catch on because I don't like the way it looks. It reminds me of Arizona.

Save a bunch of water and use Bahia grass. Better yet.. centipede grass.
If zoysia was a good grass for this area, we would have been using it here before TV Construction decided on using it a rainy summer a few years back.

Landscape with NATIVE plants?.. Plums, dogwoods, pines ,NATIVE magnolias. Muhley grass, WAX myrtle, oh wait, those aren't real pretty..and kind of expensive.

Seems everyone wants to save the environment, until they find out it costs more than kicking it under the bus.

you can find information about the native plant society and Steve's contact information here. He can tell you how he did it and probably and can show you photos.
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Ok .... I gotta ask, is his name really Steve Turnipseed ????

of course I did once have a "Shop" teacher in school named Mr. Hammer .... I promise!

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Originally Posted by mickey100 (Post 1067715)

In 2001 the Florida legislature said Florida homeowners wishing to minimize maintenance and reduce water bills should consider Florida-friendly landscaping and enacted Florida Statute Section 720.3075:

Homeowners� association documents, including declarations of covenants, articles of incorporation, or bylaws, entered after October 1, 2001, may not prohibit any property owner from implementing Xeriscape or Florida-friendly landscape, as defined in s. 373.185(1), on his or her land.

So it is a state law. However, that doesn't mean such a landscaping plan will be approved by The Villages. If it is not approved, you'd have to sue The Villages or in some way get them to change any ordinances that are in place so they would comply with the state law.

There was another thread talking about this issue, the xeriscaping is somewhere in the middle of the thread: https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...sement-114264/

What is the point of worrying about irrigation water consumption when the water we use for irrigation is recycled water from storm water runoff?

it's not always unlimited. and using less will save on your irrigation fee. the following is what Pinellas County recently posted:

Reduced Reclaimed Water Availability

To alleviate the risk of running out of reclaimed water, action is being taken to reduce daily system demands. Customers will have reclaimed water available two days per week for irrigation beginning May 4, 2015.

On Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays the reclaimed water system will be down for maintenance and storage level recovery.

Please follow the watering schedule below for the remaining days based on your address.

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Originally Posted by Bonnevie (Post 1069327)

you can find information about the native plant society and Steve's contact information here. He can tell you how he did it and probably and can show you photos.
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I've emailed Steve requesting more information. Thanks Bonnevie.

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Originally Posted by Indydealmaker (Post 1069383)

What is the point of worrying about irrigation water consumption when the water we use for irrigation is recycled water from storm water runoff?

1- No reclaimed water for residential irrigation north of 466.

2 - Why is it still not a good idea to conserve???????????????