Utah's Colorful Sizzling Landscapes: Beat the Heat with Easily Managed Wood Chip Mulch

Utah's Colorful Sizzling Landscapes:  Create Your Own Unique, Colorful and Easily Maintained Landscape that will Beat the Heat and conserve water using wood chip mulch and permanent design techniques. 

 

This west facing home in Sandy, Utah benefits from unique style and color, incorporated with shady pockets for maximum livability, easy maintenance and low water usage.



West Facing Home in Sandy, Utah

Cobblestone is added for emphasis, and a flowing dry riverbed, complete with bridge, is capable of channeling water from cloudbursts and runoff.  Design with wood chip and bark mulch to reap the benefits of inexpensive setup, maintenance, and huge water savings! Wood chip mulch landscapes combined with a few evergreens, and edible plants, transition from the heat of summer to harsh winter temperatures using permanent design techniques.

 

Triple Water Savings:  Not only do you save water by not having a thirsty lawn that bakes in the hot western exposure, you store and save water in the soil using wood mulch. Water evaporates slower using wood chip mulch.  Runoff and splash back are also reduced.

 

Wood chip mulch breaks down slowly creating a rich layer of soil, great for growing perennials, vegetables, trees and shrubs.  Start with 2 inches of mulch, and add more every couple of years if needed, a little or a lot.  Great soil encourages healthy plants that take less water to thrive in our desert region.

Added Western Whimsy! Personalize your outdoor space.

Western Wishing Well

Plow Disc Planters





Vibrant Hibiscus flowers line the porch balcony in late summer.

  The fully self contained pond in the back provides refreshing relaxation and a respite for wildlife. An herb garden provides culinary cuttings next to the children's play area, in the private fully fenced back yard. 

 



 




Pond, Evergreen Sitting Area and Coral Yucca in Parking Strip.

 

 



Below:  North Park Water Park in Spanish Fork, Utah illustrates using wood chip mulch in larger areas, with reflected sunlight from pavement and sidewalks. 

Clockwise from top right:  Fragrant Sumac, Golden Current, Guara and Jacob's Ladder.

Many local municipalities and commercial companies offer premium wood chip and bark mulch at reasonable pricing.  Save water and lawn maintenance by installing wood mulch today.