How much natural resource is saved by using sustainable gardening practices and why is that good business?
There’s no getting around the fact that green business practices are in fashion and thus adopting them is good marketing. The standard sod landscape requires 20,000 gallons of water for every 1,000 sq. ft. per month during the drier times of the year. This is roughly equivalent to the volume of the average swimming pool. About 6 swimming pools worth of water is used per year per 1,000 sq. ft. The US uses more fertilizer on non-sustainable landscapes than the entire third world uses to grow its food supply. First impressions matter most when you’re talking about real estate. A properly managed sustainable landscape covering the same area of real estate cannot only reduce the use of resources, and their related costs, by up to 80%, but it’s good PR. No constant sprinklers, little to no gas powered machinery, or any other practice (or plant) that suggests anything other than efficiency and environmental consciousness.
