Water Savings and Beyond: Insights from Colorado Turf Replacement Studies

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Replacing high water use, non-functional turfgrass with waterwise landscaping has gained momentum in Colorado in recent years as an impactful municipal water conservation tool. This webinar will showcase two recent research projects on turf replacement in Colorado: Resource Central’s Garden In A Box Impact Analysis Study and Western Resource Advocates and WaterNow Alliance’s Enabling Large-Scale Non-Functional Turf Replacement. Resource Central’s study analyzed the outdoor water savings associated with the  installation of Garden In A Box garden kits, as well as program participants’ motivations for installing water-wise landscapes. Western Resource Advocates and WaterNow Alliance partnered with three Colorado communities – Westminster, Broomfield, and Greeley –  to assess the extent of non-functional turfgrass in their communities, design and fund large-scale turf replacement projects, and analyze the costs and benefits associated with investing in turf replacement at-scale. Both studies offer insights into both the quantitative and qualitative benefits associated with landscape transformation and resources for Colorado communities considering their own investments in turf replacement.