Below you will find some water-efficient design templates to help you think about how to arrange the plants you want to use in your garden.

• Smart From the Start: Bay Area Front Yard Template and Central Valley Front Yard Template
• Easy Water-Wise Gardening: Advice and design ideas for the 21st century from the editors of Sunset Magazine
• Top Gardens: The City of Long Beach’s Lawn-to-Garden website has free designs with plant lists. Remember this is a Southern California, coastal community so make sure to verify through a reference, like Sunset Western Garden Book, that the plants will not freeze in your area.
• UC Davis Arboretum: The Arboretum website has four different planting plans to look at:
  
  • All-Star Planting Plan
    
  • California Native Garden
    
  • Low Maintenance Garden
    
  • Wildlife Attracting Garden