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Reducing grass lawn; reducing outdoor water usage

13 years ago
We are new to Ocala, FL. The builder of our small community used a few plantings about each house, but mostly grass, grass, grass. Looking for landscape designers with experience in combining attractive, full-sun plantings for zone 9b.

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