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Sustainable Landscaping

Sustainable Landscapes Give Back

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It may come as a surprise to many that the gold standard of the green building industry, LEED certification, actually does very little to address the land beyond the building. The highest ranked LEED buildings may perform very poorly from a sustainability perspective.
Fortunately, this gap has been addressed by The Sustainable Sites Initiative, a cooperative [...]

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Sustainable Gardening for Florida

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Sustainable Gardening for Florida is one of the best summaries of sustainable practice in our gardens that I have ever seen. With the qualification that specific plants and several garden situations may be appropriate only for Florida, the principles of sustainability presented in this book can be applied by gardeners everywhere.
Ginny Stibolt has spent years [...]

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A Resource Guide to Conservation Gardening, Part 1: Sustainability

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This is Part 1 in a series of resources for Conservation Gardening. See What does Conservation Gardening mean to see how these references are used in Conservation Gardening.
Sustainable Landscaping
Sustainable Landscape Construction: A Guide to Green Building Outdoors, Second Edition, by J. William Thompson and Kim Sorvig. This is an excellent and thorough guide to landscapers [...]

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Justin Timberlake says golf CAN be green!

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I don’t know many people who would say that golf courses are good for the environment, but Justin Timberlake has changed that notion. Last week he opened Mirimichi Golf Course, which is the first golf course to ever receive the Audubon Certified International Classic Sanctuary status. To achieve this certification, a course must:
implement sustainable resource [...]

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Sustainable Lawns Revisited

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Yesterday’s Philadelphia Inquirer had a great article by Virginia Smith: The complexities of Greening your lawn which refers to lawns as “drug addict in need of detox.” She points out the dangers of toxic chemicals to people and pets, and the dangers of not using these chemicals properly. This is a very good review of [...]

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If I’m so sustainable, why aren’t I talking about food?

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I get asked this question a lot, so I thought I’d answer it for you right here at the start. This short answer is, I am choosing here to talk about the ways the choices we make can have positive consequences for protecting wildlife, conserving natural resources, and creating healthy ecosystems.
The other part of this [...]

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Why Lawns are not Sustainable in Conservation Gardening

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The American Lawn is the Best Illustration of Unsustainable Practice
In order to fully understand sustainability in conservation gardening, it is quite illuminating to look at examples of unsustainable practice. There is no better illustration of this than the American lawn.  We have idealized this concept so much that it has become the norm no matter [...]

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