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Landscaping in Venice has come a long way since our early settlers such as the Palmers and Blackburns arrived here many years ago.  In some ways I wish we would have left it all natural Florida Native plants.  So many species of plants we have brought into our environment that have caused severe damage to  Floridas Native trees, plants and flowers. One thing I have come to a conclusion on is that we must get rid of water thirsty turf, our water table has fallen to the point of no getting it back to safe levals at this point.  Salt water intrusion is a fact of life in our fresh water wells here in South West Florida.  Mostly from over watering our existing landscapes, the waste of fresh water has been rampid.  Here are tips on saving water in your landscape.  First of all establish a good shade canopy so that what ever you plant under canopy will not need as much water as plants or turf in the hot Florida sun.  I think that establishing a canopy back over our cities and towns is the most important thing we can do to start down the road of responsible landscaping, Make sure if you install an irrigation system in Venice that it is of sound irrigation principles, beware of irrigation contractors in Venice that give you a price that is way below other contractors there is nothing cheap about irrigations systems, to save money do it your self but plan your landsdcaping first and then your irrigation system, therte are many good books and your Sarasota county extension service will be a great information source.  Plant drought tolerant plant material.  so many tips on this is readily available on www.stateoftheartlandscaping.com pleawse visit our web site or give us a call 941 492-2468