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
Healing Garden Focus on Sculpture 2018
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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
lightbulb-drawing
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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
ASLA-logo
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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
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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
Kyle Greenberg, Flickr
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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
Felix Finkbeiner’s catch phrase for Plant-for-the-Planet is “Stop talking. Start planting.” Photo: David Bolley/Plant-for-the-Planet/Flickr
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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
leaf-index-national-phenology-network
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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
Myron Ebell
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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
Examples of sustainable landscape design can be found on ASLA’s website. Photo: Mithun, Juan Hernandez
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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
The Ameriflux Tower at Morgan-Monroe State Forest in Indiana monitors micro-meterological data. Photo: Indiana University
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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
Shoemaker Green on the University of Pennsylvania campus is an example of sustainable landscape design, having won SITES certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Photo: Barrett Doherty
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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
bee on a yellow flower pollenating
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