Adelanto Detention Center is located in California's high desert. Heat, wind, and low annual precipitation dictate the landscape design of this harsh environment. To ameliorate these harsh conditions, we have selected plants that do well locally for providing accent, texture, color, and screening to the project. Gravel, rocks, and decomposed granite mulch are used extensively to encourage the filtering of runoff. In order to conserve water, groundcover is reserved only for slope areas