Sustainable Works

Water-Saving Practices 40 Years Later

Landscaping has changed since the 1970s. Mike Curry, adjust professor with the horticulture department at the College of Dupage in Illinois told this to the Daily Herald in Arlington Heights, ...

Sustainable Landscaping Guidelines

National pilot program that rates sustainable landscaping takes off. When the U.S. Green Building Council rolled out the red carpet more than a decade ago for its Leadership in Energy ...

Rocks Reincarnated

Landscape architect carves a niche repurposing materials in imaginative new ways.

Climate Change

From plants to pavement, Chicago officials are considering how to adapt. You should, too. Climate shifts may well have long-term implications for landscape contractors as regions that used to be ...

Top 5 Water Savers

Water conservation is growing in urgency. These simple methods can save money for your clients — and burnish your sustainable-landscaping credentials.

Green Machines

Weighing the costs and benefits of non gas-powered mowers.

Erosion Control the Natural Way

There’s a ring of truth in the catch phrase “everything old is new again” when it comes to methods for controlling erosion in residential landscape settings. Thirty years ago, “sales ...