A water-economic garden consumes a maximum of 400-600 cubic meters per dunam each year, while a regular garden consumes 2-4 times this amount - between 800-2000 cubic meters per dunam each year (in Hebrew).

Planning the watering of a home garden can greatly assist us in maintaining a beautiful and flourishing garden even during a period of water shortage. A suggestion regarding the planning of the watering and related explanations are listed below.

Here you can find articles by professionals from the Ministry of Agriculture including discussions, suggestions and explanations on water-economic gardening (in Hebrew).

There are approximately 500 old and new ornamental plants in Israel that will maintain their beauty with a minimum of 250 millimeters of rain and an additional 200 cubic meters of water per dunam each year.

 The Department of Horticultural Engineering, Gardening and Landscape in the Agricultural Extension Service of the Ministry of Agriculture has prepared a list of approximately 500 water economic ornamental plants that the State of Israel has been blessed with. These plants will grow and flourish in your garden with little watering!!

The program enables an automatic calculation of the amounts necessary for watering the garden and drawing up an operating schedule, according to the plants you have chosen.