Tag: climate change

Landscaper Profiles

Prescription Landscape encourages commercial clients to adopt sustainable landscapes

Prescription Landscape, based in St. Paul, Minnesota, was founded on a desire for healthy land management practices and since then it has been working to align its clients with environmentally sustainable standards. The commercial landscape company says it is working to raise the environmental bar for its clients and believes it is landscaping companies’ responsibility […]

September 11, 2019

Business

Revitalization: Keeping design ideas fresh

Everyone gets in a design rut from time to time, and with this new year on the horizon, landscaper designers might be worried about keeping their designs fresh.

January 17, 2019

Business

ASLA creates panel to make policy recommendations related to climate change

The ASLA is gathering a panel of 11 experts for a two-day meeting to discuss ways to adapt to climate change through design. Details on Total Landscape Care!

September 18, 2017

Business

Don’t forget to check plant hardiness zones, warming has led to changes

Some are beginning to fear that hardiness zones are a moving target as the boundaries have been shifting in certain locations. Details on Total Landscape Care!

June 23, 2017

Business

It’s Arbor Day, how will you celebrate?

They say the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now. How will you celebrate Arbor Day this year? More on Total Landscape Care!

April 28, 2017

Design-Build

German teenager promotes planting one trillion trees

Plant-for-the-Planet founder, Felix Finkbeiner, feels morally convicted to plant more trees for the sake of humanity. Read more here on Total Landscape Care!

March 18, 2017

Business

Phenology maps just how early spring is compared to the past

The USGS-led USA National Phenology Network created a set of maps that tracks exactly how far ahead spring is for each region of the country. Read more on TLC.

March 7, 2017

Business

Shrinking EPA concerns landscapers dealing with agency

The Environmental Protection Agency's staff appears to be next on the chopping block as President Trump continues his crusade to cut back on domestic spending.

February 1, 2017

Business

News roundup: ASLA listed as one of the most engaged societies on climate issues

ASLA was recognized as a fierce organization when it comes to solving climate issues. Read more about ASLA and their mission on Total Landscape Care!

January 24, 2017

Design-Build

Humidity levels affect plants’ ability to counteract climate change

A recent Indiana University study ffound that low relative humidity in the atmosphere can stress a plant more than dry soil. Click to see more of the results.

September 10, 2016

Business

Landscape designers join effort to ensure U.S. communities’ ‘resilience’

The White House hosted a conference on resilient building codes, urging widespread participation in addressing the sustainability of America's built environment.

May 11, 2016

Design-Build

Protecting our pollinators

Pollinators (bees, birds, butterflies, bats, and beetles) are essential to our ecosystem. They support wildlife, provide healthy watershed, and more. But, there’s been a noticeable decline in their numbers over the past eight or nine years. Research points to multiple factors affecting pollinator health, including pests and parasites, microbial diseases, nutrition problems, loss of habitat […]

March 30, 2015