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Get more room garden tips from Allen: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL405343C382B91BD3&feature=view_all Follow the Challenge on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=ehowhome For Allen, an eco-friendly house also includes an eco-friendly garden landscape. The ideal garden is low maintenance and doesn't require a lot of resources such as water. Local switchgrass is the perfect choice for a Green garden. Switchgrass doesn't require a lot of care, it grows year after year, and it looks great! In the Garden Home Challenge, planning, design and craftsmanship converge when designer and lifestyle expert P. Allen Smith and his colleagues build an environmentally friendly designer home for $150,000 in 150 days on his Moss Mountain Farm in Arkansas. Check back or subscribe for new episodes to track Allen's progress, get to know his team and see what it takes to build a beautiful home from start to finish. Have any questions for P. Allen Smith during the Challenge? He'll be answering your questions via regular video updates, so leave your comments and questions below! More from Allen: http://www.youtube.com/pallensmith P. Allen Smith is an award-winning designer and lifestyle expert and host of two public television programs, P. Allen Smith's Garden Home, P. Allen Smith's Garden to Table and the syndicated 30-minute show P. Allen Smith Gardens. Smith is one of America's most recognized and respected design experts, providing ideas and inspiration through multiple media venues. He is the author of the best-selling Garden Home series of books published by Clarkson Potter/Random House, including Bringing the Garden Indoors: Container, Crafts and Bouquets for Every Room and P. Allen Smith's Seasonal Recipes from the Garden. Allen is also very active on social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, Allen's Blog and YouTube as well as on the new eHow Home channel debuting January 2012. His design and lifestyle advice is featured in several national magazines. Learn more at http://www.pallensmith.com.