Eco-Green Sustainable Landscapes WHEN THE PIONEERS WERE HEADING across the plains, nothing ever went to waste. Women knitted wool scraps into mittens and dolls’ clothing, and boiled ashes and animal fat into soap. Anything on the trail that could be burned was used for heating. Back then, recycling and repurposing was a necessity.   More

Eco-Green Sustainable Landscapes As professionals who earn our living working with the soil, we, at times, don’t take full advantage of Mother Nature.   More

Eco-Green Sustainable Landscapes SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, USED to be a sleepy beach town. To house its seasonal visitors, small homes and bungalows were built on very small pieces of property. However, it was only 12 miles from downtown Los Angeles.   More

Eco-Green Sustainable Landscapes Marking its 41st anniversary, Earth Day 2011 will be celebrated on Friday, April 22, with festivals and special events all centered on the importance of protecting the environment.   More

Eco-Green Sustainable Landscapes Green walls are not a new concept-ivy has been crawling up the sides of walls and buildings for centuries. But today, green wall installations are explicitly being requested and who can argue with that?   More

Eco-Green Sustainable Landscapes The answer to that question is a conditional yes. It depends, and it requires careful and coordinated planning on the part of property owners and city governments. It also requires the will of not just a few, but a majority of urban people.    More

Eco-Green Sustainable Landscapes About 10 years ago, David DuBois, president and CEO of Mission Landscape Companies, Inc., Irvine, California, saw the handwriting on the wall.    More

Eco-Green Sustainable Landscapes THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT IN the past, landscape design and maintenance have been more about appearance than anything else.    More

Eco-Green Sustainable Landscapes When Diane Downey first moved to California from her home in England, she was thrilled by the many ways in which she could indulge her passion for gardening. “I was amazed by all the beautiful plants I could grow,” says Downey. “I was like a kid in a candy store.”    More

Eco-Green Sustainable Landscapes Environmental awareness may feel like a new concept, but the green seeds were actually planted more than forty years ago. Responding to what he perceived to be widespread environmental degradation, the then Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson ...    More