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Home improvement project with a paver patio, putting green, in-ground trampoline and play area over artificial grass, location and date not specified | Photo courtesy of The Yard Dr., St George News CONTRIBUTED CONTENT — Is your yard a place you love to be? Whether you’re adding an eye-catching front lawn to boost curb appeal […]]]>
Home improvement project with a paver patio, putting green, in-ground trampoline and play area over artificial grass, location and date not specified | Photo courtesy of The Yard Dr., St George News
CONTRIBUTED CONTENT — Is your yard a place you love to be? Whether you’re adding an eye-catching front lawn to boost curb appeal or creating a poolside retreat to relax and entertain, The Yard Dr. has the cure for all your landscaping needs.
Home improvement project with a paver pool deck and natural gas flame feature, location and date not specified | Photo courtesy of The Yard Dr., St George News
The Yard Dr has been beautifying homes throughout the greater St. George area since 1999. As a landscape contractor, owner Josh Cooper and his team design and install residential and commercial projects of all sizes. Their goal is to listen, educate and work with every customer to create landscapes that will be functional and aesthetically pleasing for years to come.
“We look at the space and how the client wants to prioritize using that space,” Cooper said. “We have the knowledge and experience to help our clients evolve their vision and bring it to life.”
The Yard Dr specializes in landscape makeovers and creating custom landscape designs in a variety of styles and themes, including Mediterranean, Spanish, French Country, Tropical and Southwestern. Their work has been featured in several editions of the St. George Area Parade of Homes real estate tour and on the reality show “MTV Cribs.”
Along with new construction and complete makeovers, The Yard Dr. offers an extensive variety of residential and commercial landscaping and hardscaping services. The company installs lawns, plants, sprinkler systems, artificial turf, water features, flame features, in-ground trampolines, putting greens, retaining walls, courtyard walls, accent lighting, curbing, pavers, walkways, patios and more.
As the community keeps growing, more Southern Utahns have started looking for landscape designs that are water-friendly and easy to maintain, and artificial turf is gaining popularity as an alternative to traditional lawns. With a natural look and silky-soft feel, this versatile solution appears lush and well-kept through both cold spells and heat waves. There’s virtually no upkeep, even in areas with significant foot traffic.
Before-and-after landscape makeover project, location and date not specified | Photo courtesy of The Yard Dr., St George News
The Yard Dr uses Majestic 70, one of the most realistic products on the market. Chosen for its superior quality, Majestic 70 features a longer grass blade and a more dense pile of 70 ounces per square yard. The grass fibers, made from 100% polyethylene monofilament, have a unique “C” shape for added durability. Customers can even make it look freshly “mowed.”
“It’s better than real grass,” Cooper said. “It’s very appealing, not just looks-wise, but in feel and softness, too. It’s cooler to the touch than artificial turf of the past.”
The Yard Dr works closely with the Washington County Water Conservancy District to provide customers with applicable rebates and discounts whenever available. These offers are designed to save home and business owners money while helping to reduce water usage.
Currently, the Washington County Water Conservancy District is offering a rebate of $2 for every square foot of existing lawn or grass that home and business owners replace with water-efficient landscaping. The offer is valid for a maximum of 5,000 square feet, after which the rebate amount drops to $1 per square foot. Property owners must replace a minimum of 300 square feet of lawn or grass to qualify.
To claim the rebate, property owners are required to submit an application to the Washington County Water Conservancy District and schedule a pre-conversion inspection prior to starting any landscaping work. Another inspection will be scheduled after the project is complete to verify that the new landscaping meets water-efficient guidelines.
Home improvement project with Majestic 70 artificial turf, location and date not specified | Photo courtesy of The Yard Dr., St George News
The Yard Dr provides free quotes to help home and business owners start planning their conversion projects. Additionally, the company is offering discounts of up to $1,000 on landscaping services for customers participating in the rebate program.
“We want to help you save money by saving water,” Cooper said.
To schedule a free quote, call The Yard Dr. at 435-669-0733 and leave a voicemail with your name, address and a brief description of the landscape project you’re planning.
Written by ALEXA MORGAN for St George News.
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IVINS — The Ivins City Council approved a proposal Thursday to make an extension of the Ivins Cemetery grassless and use desert, water-saving landscaping. Undated photo of Ivin’s Cemetery | Photo courtesy of Ivins City, St George News By a 3-1 vote, with council member Adel Murphy absent because of illness, the council accepted the […]]]>
IVINS — The Ivins City Council approved a proposal Thursday to make an extension of the Ivins Cemetery grassless and use desert, water-saving landscaping.
Undated photo of Ivin’s Cemetery | Photo courtesy of Ivins City, St George News
By a 3-1 vote, with council member Adel Murphy absent because of illness, the council accepted the plan for an under-construction extension of the nearly-full cemetery to use so-called “water wise” landscaping.
During debate, council member Mike Scott noted he has desert landscaping at his home and it has resulted in a substantial reduction in his water use.
“I believe we water only five days a year for about an hour,” Scott said.
Ivins Parks Supervisor Joseph Rawlinson, who presented the plan to the council, referred to a statement by Las Vegas-based arborist that eliminating sod at a cemetery can reduce water usage by 70%.
“We will save water but give our people a deserved resting place,” Rawlinson said.
With the Ivins Cemetery near capacity, an expansion was approved last year. Benny Sorensen, Ivins Parks and Recreation director, said the cemetery is currently down to eight traditional plots, two of which are together.
Excavation and curb paving has been completed and the council was asked to decide whether to continue to approve the traditional grass landscaping or “water wise” landscaping.
The “water wise” measures would involve the new area of the cemetery being landscaped with desert rock and desert plants that would need little-to-no irrigation. The rest of the existing cemetery would keep its existing grass landscaping.
Undated stock image of Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, Texas | Photo by sanfel/iStock/Getty Images Plus, St George News
Examples of cemeteries elsewhere that have switched to non-grass landscaping include the Fort Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso, Texas, and the Bakersfield National Cemetery in California. Unlike those memorials that are strictly dirt and rock and are treeless, Rawlinson said the Ivins plan will include desert plants and trees that will provide shade.
“We will be unique,” Rawlinson said. “We will add larger plants so we have a better product for people to mourn properly.”
That will include evergreen elms which, according to Star Nursery, infrequently need water but provide a great deal of shade. Council member Lance Anderson noted the current cemetery with grass has no trees to provide shade.
Council members also praised the plan for 12 feet between graves but council member Jenny Johnson asked about having benches at the gravesites with no grassy areas to sit.
“It should be absolutely required to put in benches because without lawn people need somewhere to sit,” Johnson said.
Ivins Parks Supervisor Joseph Rawlinson presents a plan to use “water wise” landscaping at Ivins Cemetery as Ivins Park and Recreation Director Barry Sorensen looks on during the Ivins City Council meeting, Ivins, Utah, Jan. 5, 2023 | Photo by Chris Reed, St George News
Per the council’s wishes, Rawlinson said parks will be adding several benches to the plan and many will be under the shade of the trees. He also addressed another Johnson concern about rain runoff spilling the desert rock out, saying the rock at the cemetery will be densely packed similar to that outside Ivins City Hall.
The one no vote came from council member Dennis Mehr, who said he didn’t have a problem with the idea and effort by the parks department but didn’t like the idea of a cemetery without grass.
“I like the innovation. This is not a vote against the effort but I just think it’s a cemetery. I love the grass,” Mehr said. “I hope I’m wrong.”
In other Ivins City Council business, Mayor Mike Hart announced that Ivins and Santa Clara will hold its second-ever joint council meeting on Thursday, Jan. 26. The site of the meeting, whether at Ivins City Hall or Santa Clara Town Hall, was announced though it was said at the previous joint meeting that the site would be Ivins.
Hart said the goal of the meeting will be to discuss budgets for the two city’s joint police and fire departments.
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Chris Reed serves as an editor and reporter for St. George News, where he has been honored with several awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for his work, including first-place accolades. He started his journalism career as a sports reporter and editor in Southern California where he once compared shoe sizes with Shaquille O’Neal and exchanged mix tapes with members of the Los Angeles Kings. After growing up in the San Fernando Valley learning karate skills from Mr. Miyagi and spending a decade in Las Vegas mostly avoiding the casinos, he came to St. George for love and married his soulmate, a lifetime Southern Utah resident. He is the proud father of two boys, his youngest a champion against both autism and type 1 diabetes.
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