My area is suffering from a drought. Is it more important to conserve water or save my garden?

Try to conserve water in other areas and use the water "savings" to water your garden. For example, if you shorten your shower by 4 minutes everyday you will be saving 70 gallons of water a week (4 minutes per day x 2.5 gallons per minute x 7 days). Use that 70 gallons to water your garden.