Between drought, pollution, and data centers’ unquenchable thirst, every day brings new headlines of Texas’ water crisis. But instead of feeling helpless and raging, Shoal Creek Conservancy offers a more productive plan of action: Go spy (invited) on your neighbors’ lawns to see what kind of landscaping, green stormwater infrastructure, and passive land management they’re undertaking to positively impact water conservation and local waterways. Austin Water and SCC’s second annual, self-guided Waterwise Landscapes Tour gains you entry to the Twin Oaks Rain Garden and four private yards, plus resources to help you create similar waterwise features on your own patch of parched earth. – Kimberley Jones
