What is Sustainable Landscaping?
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Traditional landscape management involves heavy inputs of water, chemicals, and fossil fuel-powered machinery. The environmental impacts are significant. Sustainable landscaping offers an alternative, but what is it? At its core, sustainable landscaping seeks to work with natural processes to achieve a landscape that is aesthetically pleasing, functional, with lower maintenance. This podcast will explore the techniques involved in sustainable landscaping and the benefits to you and your local environment.
Ladd Smith co-founded In Harmony Sustainable Landscapes in 1994 out of his lifelong passion for protecting the environment. In Harmony Sustainable Landscapes is a provider of organic based landscape services in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties in Washington. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Ornamental Horticulture from the University of Nevada, Reno.
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