Xeriscape Demonstration Garden
The Chelan County Master Gardeners designed, planted and maintain a Xeriscape Demonstration Garden in partnership with the Chelan County PUD at Riverfront Park in Wenatchee.
Xeric plants, once established, use less water and are suited to the arid conditions along the Columbia River, east of the Cascade Mountains. This region receives less than 10 inches of rainfall each year. Choosing plants that grow well in these hot and dry summers use less water, and require less irrigation and less maintenance.
The garden can be accessed by parking at the Fifth Street Ice Rink parking lot and walking south along the Apple Capital Loop Trail. Located between the path and the Columbia River near the Nile Saunders Miniature Steam Train station, this display includes over 40 different varieties of low-water-use plants.
Visit the Chelan PUD Xeriscape site to:
- View and search a list of the plants in the demonstration garden
- view a map of the garden location
- learn more about planning and maintaining a Xeriscape garden
Besides these water-saving plants, gardeners in mid-Washington have options of native plants that thrive with no irrigation water once they are established.