Eco-Friendly Landscaping
“But isn’t the Landscaping business already Green?”
This is the question we hear the most. And it is a valid question too. Because after all, in a business where you plant trees for a living, how much greener could you get?
Landscape Construction and Landscape Maintenance straddle the fields of gardening and home construction. And just like other areas within the field of home construction, there are “greener practices” and those practices that are less eco-friendly.
In fact, many Americans are wholly unaware of the potential negative environmental impacts that some routine garden construction and maintenance activities can have on the environment.
For instance, few homeowners are aware that the average gasoline powered lawn mower will in just one hour of use emit the equivalent amount of greenhouse pollution as a car driven 350 miles.
Even more disturbing is the array of herbicides and pesticides applied routinely to home and commercial landscapes by homeowners and gardeners alike who are unaware of the potential hazards that the indiscriminate use of those substances might pose.
As landscape professionals and as environmentalists, our philosophy at One Earth Landscape as been to use landscape design, construction and maintenance practices that on the one hand create beautiful gardens, but on the other hand also honor responsible stewardship of our one and only home, the planet earth.
Our landscapes embrace three key features that are the hallmark of Ecoscapes:
1. We minimize the waste of precious natural resources such as water. This is evident in our award winning drought tolerant Xeriscape gardens.
2. We minimize the use of polluting materials such as gasoline, highly toxic chemical pesticides and synthetic fertilizers that can contaminate the air, soil, storm water, and ground water. This is why we use Organic gardening methods, and use cleaner, greener methods of landscape construction and maintenance, such as using electric powered lawn mowers to cut lawns cleanly and quietly.
3. We embrace gardening practices that create community within our cities and promote local organic food sustainability such as is evident in Edible Landscaping.