I had to fly to Phoenix several years ago for some training on new software. It was late summer and everything was just brown. On the ride from the airport I spotted a house up the road that had the greenest lawn anywhere around, but as I got closer I saw they had just filled the yard with rocks and painted them green.
I believe it!
We use to go to the Cotter Conventions in Phoenix ...it was a big deal and took a week just to go through the place. I noticed the yards were often rocks etc. But didn’t see a single one green...just the tree trunks painted white.