xeriscape
A kind of landscape design for arid regions, minimising the need for irrigation.
Randy looks up over the Impala and the retaining wall and the ice-clogged xeriscape above that and into the lobby of Waterhouse House, where Amy Shaftoe has her feet up on a coffee table and is looking through some of the extremely sad Cayuse-related literature that Randy bought for Avi.
Where it comes from
From 1980s Xeriscape, a term coined (and trademarked) by Denver Water. From xeri- + -scape.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry xeriscape (CC BY-SA 4.0).