Sustainable Landscapes
The following topics are covered in this one hour class:
Pre development and under the ground
- Building inside Nature’s Envelope
- Plant survey
- Reduced limits of work drainage patterns
- Saving topsoil what plants were in originally, reduced weeds.
- Protect the soils
- Minimize soil compaction
- Protect against solvents etc.
- Vegetating disturbed areas
- Revegetation checklist
- Clean up the soil
- Transplant Salvaged vegetation that requires heavy equipment
- Aerate the soil
- Spread on salvaged topsoil
- Plant custom grown vegetation and or sow native seed
- Mulch
- Water until establishment
- Structural soil
Gathering Cleaning and saving water
- Cisterns
- Storm water
- Condensate water
- Rain gardens and other stormwater collection devices
- Cleaning Stormwater
- Pervious pavements
- Limit sod areas
- Green roofs
- Moisture sensors
- Irrigation that minimizes water use
Reducing Heat Island
- Green roofs
- IPC
- Shade from tree canopies/channeling breezes, passive site design
- Green screen
- Proactive design features – (Chip’s book)
Protect and enhance wildlife habitat
- Green roofs
- Butterfly plants
- Bird boxes
Preserving night sky
- Full cut off Light fixtures
- Solar light fixtures
- No up lights – design consideration for signage
Green maintenance practices
- Right plant in the right place
- Phosphorous
Sustainable materials
- Recycled
- Local
- Renewable
Commissioning for Landscape
- Irrigation
- Maintenance practices
- Check shadow patterns as landscape matures or dies
Green and Learning
- Research
