On this 95 degree day, you may want to think about replacing your plants with more eco-friendly choices that will require less water each week. Some plants require water almost everyday. You don't need to replace all of these plants, especially if they are your favorites. But you can substitute many of these problem drinkers with attractive [...]
Green Living Tips - Rain Barrels! Landscape Architects have been on the cutting edge of combining sustainable and green trends with land use planning for decades. Now there are numerous affordable green garden steps you can take in your own garden spaces that will greatly impact our environment. Today our Green Living tip falls into the Water Conservation category; recycle water by [...]
A thoughtful way to live a greener life in the new year is to make your landscape eco-friendly and plant trees. Planting a tree is one of the most immediate green steps you can take as trees absorb CO2 and other dangerous gasses while replenishing the atmosphere with oxygen. Canopy trees, and Deciduous trees that grow tall and full in the summer, will add shade [...]
Trees Create Green Living A thoughtful way to live a greener life is to make your landscape eco-friendly and plant trees. Planting a tree is one of the most immediate green steps you can take as trees absorb CO2 and other dangerous gasses while replenishing the atmosphere with oxygen. Canopy trees, and Deciduous trees that grow tall and full in the summer, will add shade [...]
Trees Create Green Living A thoughtful way to live a greener life is to make your landscape eco-friendly and plant trees. Planting a tree is one of the most immediate green steps you can take as trees absorb CO2 and other dangerous gasses while replenishing the atmosphere with oxygen. Canopy trees, and Deciduous trees that grow tall and full in the summer, will add shade [...]
(A great post today from our Fabulous office manager, Stacy Baker) Composting in the city can be done! Whether you have a yard live in a tiny apartment with no yard, here are some interesting and fun facts about “composting in the city.” What is composting: It is a process that occurs when microorganisms, like bacteria and fungi, digest [...]
Green Living Tips - Rain Barrels! On Tuesday we wrote about reducing your lawn areas by half, and yesterday we blogged about the importance of adding trees to a garden space. Today our Green Living tip falls into the Water Conservation category... recycle water by adding a rain barrel! Adding a rain barrell to your landscape is a pretty simple project that can be [...]
