Sustainable Landscape Practices: Books

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To access these eBooks, click on book title and log on with PHS membership number.

To access these eBooks, click on book title and log on with PHS membership number.

To access these eBooks, click on book title and log on with PHS membership number. Available in print at the library.

"Going green" is no longer a choice; it's a necessity. Developed landscapes have played a significant role in exacerbating the environmental and social problems that threaten humanity; however, they can also be part of the solution. Designing the Sustainable Site: Integrated Design Strategies for Small-Scale Sites and Residential Landscapes gives site designers and landscape architects the tools and information they need to become a driving force in the quest for sustainability.

Contents: Making landscapes greener -- Planting pots : a life-cycle problem -- Vehicle fuel : an addiction to oil -- Energy consumption : power to the plants -- Water and fertilizer : water, water everywhere -- Green waste : throwing away the golden goose -- Rating systems and the green industry -- Greener landscape installation and maintenance : what to do now

Northeast Organic Farming Association's Organic Land Care Program (NOFA OLC) published this beautiful, 55 page booklet especially for people new to organic landscaping. Kim Stoner, an entomologist from the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station says "This is designed for homeowners, with gorgeous pictures and great quotes at the front of each chapter, as well as beautifully written, solid information."

This manual introduces general audiences to designing landscapes for urban storm water runoff -- a primary source of watershed pollution. The goal is to motivate awareness and implementation of LID in a wide cross-section of stakeholders, from property owners to municipal governments that regulate infrastructure development. The manual provides a holistic framework in which a novice homeowner and an experienced developer can each find an equally transformative role to enact.

Northease Organic Farming Association (NOFA) Organic Land Care Program

Tukey is an expert in organic lawn practices.

The Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) is transforming land design, development, and management practices across the United States with the first national rating system for sustainable landscapes. The Sustainable Sites Handbook features comprehensive and detailed information on principles, strategies, technologies, tools, and best practices for sustainable site design. Contributors to this book are some of the same experts that carefully shaped the SITES rating tool, ensuring thorough coverage of the broad range of topics related to sustainable site design.

The Sustainable Sites Handbook offers in-depth coverage of design, construction, and management for systems of hydrology, vegetation, soils, materials, and human health and well-being. Focusing primarily on environmental site design and ecosystem services, this wide-ranging guide also covers issues of social equity, economic feasibility, and stewardship, which are crucial to the success of any sustainable site.

With this book the author translates the science of ecology into design practice. For constructed landscapes to perform as we need them to, we must get their underlying ecology right. This work explains key ecological concepts and their application to the design and management of sustainable landscapes, from public parks to backyards.