When choosing a landscape designer
for your home or business, consider one who specializes in sustainable
landscape architecture. A growing number of graduate programs in
landscape design and architecture are integrating principles of sustainability
and ecology into the core of their discipline. More and more people
wish to design outdoor spaces that are sanctuaries for local and native
species. Landscaping becomes an act of restoration and habitat enhancement,
rather than for creating a museum of perfectly controlled exotic specimens.
Landscapes designed to enhance native habitat can also serve as outdoor
classrooms for sharing the principles of ecological design.
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Source: Rider, Kimberly. 2006. Healthy Home Workbook. Chronicle Books, San Francisco.
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Posted by: Landscape design services | Tuesday, 08 December 2009 at 10:23 AM
Be it in a commercial or residential setting, incorporating the principles of ecology and sustainability in landscape design is an excellent way to inspire environmental protection. The need to preserve and sustain the natural environment becomes doubly important for the landscape designer, since they are using the outside environment as the canvas for their design.
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Posted by: Landscape Designer | Thursday, 24 October 2013 at 02:40 AM