Design of gardens with regional plants in the southeast of Coahuila

Abstract

Gardens are an important part of urban infrastructure, which are generally created with introduced plants, which makes their maintenance  costly and makes them difficult to sustain. This work was carried out  with the objective of gathering information to design gardens with re gional and / or native plants. 100 surveys with 51 questions were ap plied in a controlled environment, divided into four blocks, to members  of the community of the Antonio Narro Autonomous Agrarian University (uaaan) made up of students, teachers and administrative staff. A  total of 80 students from 19 states of the republic and two from abroad  were surveyed, in addition to 10 teachers and 10 administrators, with  an average age of 24.6 years and a mode of 20. The results obtained  were the following: useful information to consider when designing a gar den, which suggests including representative plants of the region such  as mesquite, rose of castile, maguey, as well as other elements  such as gravel, different colored earth, logs, stones and water ponds.  Preference is shown over wavy design, green is preferred and fencing  is suggested for security. The use of treated wastewater is appreciated  and accepted as a good strategy to increase and improve landscaping.