OUTDOOR
SAVE WATER OUTDOORS
HISTORY
Up to 70% of residential drinking water is used fo landscaping
All along the water tower
The old water tower is a familiar landmark that highlights the city’s history as a hub for trains. This old tower has seen it all. The bottom photo was taken after a flood hit the town in 1949. The Maricopa dirt road heading north runs along the bed for the former Maricopa & Phoenix Railroad line that stopped running in the mid-1930s. Maricopa Market is the upper-right, white building. The recent photo shows North John Wayne Parkway where the dirt road once was. Today, the road is John Wayne Parkway, and many local businesses can be seen. In the top right corner, you can see The Villages at Rancho El Dorado.
Spending more time at home? Why not build a personal oasis that saves both money and water? Fall is just around the corner, which means it is a great time to design and select plants for your landscape. Up to 70% of residential drinking water is used for landscaping Fall is just around the corner, which means it is a great time to design and select plants for your landscape.
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TIPS TO GET YOU STARTED
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ü Make a plan, even if it’s simple — have a plan for plant groupings, plant locations, and low water use plants to use before you spend any money ü Mix it up — the general rule for successful plant groupings is something tall, something triangular and something round ü Group plants by water requirements — this makes installing irrigation easy and reduces the chances of over or under watering ü Use color — desert plants are extremely diverse offering color in the form of flowers, leaves, bark, and even thorns, take advantage! ü Select the right plant for the right place — whether it is a tree, shrub, cactus, or succulent consider the size of the fully grown plant when selecting location
Group plants by water requirement makes installing irrigation easy and the chances of over or under wateri
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Residents looking to fill their gas tanks had another option when QuikTrip joined Maricopa’s main strip Oct. 9. It joined Fry’s Marketplace, Shell and two Circle K gas stations on John Wayne Parkway. Shell has since become Chevron, and Maricopa Auto Outlet replaced one of the Circle K locations.
The first official city council meeting at the new City Hall was held Oct. 29. Two clowns feigned arresting Maricopa Police Chief Steve Stahl for shopping at a Target store in Casa Grande, a skit that supplemented the city’s efforts to convince residents to shop local.
City council rezoned land for the city’s first apartment complex. The 6-acre parcel on Porter Road north of Walmart and south of Banner Health was rezoned from industrial to mixed use. Oasis at The Wells and Horizon at The Wells welcomed tenants three years later.
For additional landscape design resources visit www.gwresources.com/conservation-education For additional landscape design resources visit www.gwresources.com/conservation-education
InMaricopa.com | October 2023
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