We offer large properties such as homeowners associations, business campuses, and commercial properties Sustainable Landscape Rehabilitation Plans and Sustainable Maintenance Specifications. The plans firstly inventory all the attributes of the existing landscape, and then prepare a master plan for staged rehabilitation, sometimes over several years. The maintenance specifications spell out the sustainable practices that should be employed during the regular course of maintenance,and are often accompanied with an educational component for the maintenance crews. We create a team, which includes: ourselves and the client; and as necessary, a horticulturalist, arborist, irrigation consultant, and soils testing laboratory.

• Take advantage of a property’s  immediate natural environment (microclimate and plant communities);
• Incorporate local plant communities and other suitable plants that:
  • Are adapted to the available rainfall and have low or no additional water demand;
  • Are adapted to the local soil conditions
  • Attract birds and insects that increase the biodiversity of the landscape
  • Are compatible with the cultural constraints of their location.
• Manage and reduce the water budget for a property, using water-saving techniques, low water use plants, and soil water retention practices;
• Reduce maintenance costs through savings in mowing, pruning, fertilizing, and importing mulch and compost;
• Reduce the negative impacts of stormwater runoff, through best management practices;
• Reduce the carbon footprint of the property by sourcing plants and building materials from local sources, and by reducing the amount of fossil fuels and petro-chemicals required to manage the property;
• Move landscape maintenance from “mow and blow” to environmental stewardship.