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gardens can be
high-maintenance
affairs. But Wendy
Murray proved
they needn’t be.
With her smart
garden planning and the support of
the eco-friendly community of
Serenbe, Georgia, she has a flowery,
charming yard that uses less water,
pesticides, and time than needed by
conventional gardens.
Every home in Serenbe is part of a
“gray water” system that captures
household wastewater and recircu-
lates it to provide drip irrigation for
gardens. Overhead watering of lawns
and gardens is discouraged to reduce
evaporation, and so that plants are
less prone to disease.
T O N E W H E IG H T S
Wendy Murray
made her small
yard seem larger by
gardening with
vertical elements—
a rose-covered
arbor fence, top,
and trellises on her
house,
left,
draw
one’s attention,
moving the eye up
and around.
86 APRIL 2009 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS
