Revised: July 1, 2009 (additional pictures)
We took a walk around our area yesterday to see what neighbors are doing in the way of landscaping that looks nice but appears to be relatively low on water requirements. Below are a few that I like.
As full disclosure, I’ll show my house first. It was nothing but gravel when we bought it, we added three trees, a Melaleuca, Crape Myrtle, and a Rhus Lancea which you can’t see in this shot. There are some ugly patches that we need to work on.

Our place is pretty plain compared to the others

I watched them plant this years ago. Very nice.

Nice slope but still a bit of thirsty lawn

These owners made a beautiful composition.

Very pleasant arrangement.

Any idea what the foreground plant with white flowers is?

This looks like a recent makeover; probably was a lawn.

Nice plant choices; I'd skip the birdbath