What is green landscaping?
Green Landscaping is a way of designing and maintaining beautiful yards, gardens, and landscapes that is healthier for your yard, for you and your family. By taking proper care of our lawns and gardens you can: Save time by landscaping with plants that require less care Save money by reducing water and chemical use Protect the environment by: • Conserving water supplies. • Using chemicals properly and only when necessary to keep waterways and drinking water clean. • Reducing yard waste by recycling yard trimmings into free fertilizer.
How can I reduce the amount of junk mail the office receives? There are several ways to stop unwanted mail: • Remove the name of your business or employees from the major mail databases. The two largest are Dun & Bradstreet and InfoUSA. They require a written request to remove any name or business, and it may take several months for the request to be processed. • Get off specific company mailing lists. Many companies do not use direct mail databases but require individual employees to make requests case by case. Print requests on a standard postcard to streamline the process. • Purge former employees from existing mailing lists. The Ecological Mail Coalition allows businesses to remove employees from marketers’ lists for free. • Prevent companies from adding your business to mailing lists in the first place. Specifically ask to be excluded from mailing lists at conferences, events, and while placing orders. • Limit phone books delivered to your business to reduce paper and shipping was
When landscaping reduces environmental harm as well as conserving money and resources, it is referred to as “green landscaping.” A growing awareness of environmental issues among consumers in the late 1990s led to an explosion of green landscaping projects, as gardeners realized that they could make a difference in their environment. A number of concepts come together in green landscaping to create a beautiful but also highly efficient garden. Typically, when the term “green” is used to describe a product or way of life, it means “environmentally friendly.” Followers of the green movement believe that by reducing their own usage of resources, they can reduce their negative impact on the environment, and influence culture to the same ends. The green movement has spread from individuals to companies and businesses as well, with these organizations consciously choosing a more green way of doing business. People can build green houses, drive green cars, use green technology, and purchase g
Green Landscaping is the practice of turning inefficient and ecologically challenged spaces such as a backyards laws and driveways, into a more functioning part of the ecosystem. The scale of action a person can take can range from simply planting a vegetable garden, to installing a driveway system that feeds the water table instead of rinsing into drains. Green Landscaping is an excellent and easy way to take another step in maintaining a better carbon footprint and can be economically beneficial. Throughout this Presentation we will look at: • Local Vs. Shipped Produce • How to Make a Vegetable Garden •How to Start a Compost •And How to Cash in on Free Water • Local vs. Cross Country Produce www.leopold.iastate.edu • Making A Garden Bed You’ll want to ensure you have a nice sunny spot in your yard first off. Secondly you will need construction materials and tools including a hammer, nails, a saw and enough wood or like material to create a box two pieces of wood high. Thirdly you wil
