Where the Green Lawns Used to be

Brown is the New Green for Lawns

Paso Robles, like many other cities in California, is still in the midst of its longest drought in recent history. Because of that, homeowners are encouraged to replace their lawns with drought-resistant landscaping, called xeriscaping.

Brown Lawn in Paso Robles, © B. Radisavljevic

Even the city itself is no longer irrigating median strips and some parks. Only the baseball diamond gets irrigated at Larry Moore Park. Homeowners deal with this as best they can. Some who can't afford to replace lawns just stop watering them.

Drought-Friendly Xeriscaping in Paso Robles, © B. Radisavljevic

Many have taken out their lawns and have replaced all or parts of them with drought-friendly substitutes. Here are what some of my neighbors have done.

Drought-Friendly Landscaping in Paso Robles, © B. Radisavljevic

Do you still have a lawn? If so, is it brown or green? What do you think of xeriscaping?

The Browning of Paso Robles

I had to visit the public library today. Seems the City of Paso Robles needs to show that they are doing their part to save water, too, during the drought, by letting city landscaping go as brown as they are encouraging us to let our own lawns get. Brown appears to be the new "green" as far as lawns go. If you can't read the sign, please click to enlarge photo.

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