Across America, homeowners are waking up to the realization that the traditional residential landscape—with it's broad expanses of manicured lawn and tightly sheared evergreen shrubs—is high on maintenance, low on aesthetics and short on environmental benefits. At the same time, they are discovering the joys of outdoor living by transforming their yards into a series of inviting spaces geared toward relaxing, entertaining, recreation and gardening.

As we update the residential landscape, it is important that we consider not only comfort and aesthetics, but the health of our families and the future of the Earth. By adopting an attitude of stewardship, we can enjoy our home landscapes today and ensure that future generations can do the same. In that spirit, we hope the information and resources on this website about earth-friendly landscaping will help you: 

• enhance your home with naturally beautiful landscaping and gardens
• create healthy, inviting spaces for outdoor living
• reduce the time you spend maintaining your property, so that you can spend more time enjoying it
• invite birds, butterflies and bullfrogs back into your yard
• reduce water use and pollution, and send less yard debris to the landfill
• create an edible landscape with herbs, vegetables and fruits
• make your home and landscape more energy efficient
  

Photo © Lee Anne White.