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DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
Presented by:M.Swathi
WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPING?
Sustainable landscaping encompasses a variety of practices that
have developed in response to environmental issues. These
practices are used in every phase of landscaping, including design,
construction, implementation and management of residential and
commercial landscapes.
Sustainable landscaping is part of a growing global effort in the
landscaping industry to create aesthetically pleasing landscapes
while improving and conserving the environment and saving
money.
Principles of sustainable landscaping……..
The typical landscape requires many inputs: time, money, labor, water,
chemicals, and fertilizers. Most homeowners would be happy to reduce the
amount of time, money, and labor that goes into their yards. The
environment also benefits from decreased use of resources such as water,
and potentially polluting elements such as chemicals and fertilizers.
Our landscapes also create wastes which most of us never think of: plant
trimmings and weeds, polluted runoff from the use of chemicals and
fertilizers, and water lost by evaporation from plants and soils.
The concept of sustainable landscaping asks us to examine the input and
output of our landscaping and find ways to minimize both.
Main components of sustainable landscaping
• Water
• Soil
• Plants
• Air
Grey water and rain water
soil
• Aspects of soil composition, slope, and need for amendments
must all be considered.
• Different soils have varying water needs.
• Healthy soil is an important foundation for every landscape.
• Characteristics of the soil can help determine the best choice
of plants and irrigation systems for your landscape.
plantsTrees are a form of green infrastructure offering a wide range of human, social, environmental and economic benefits.
Successful landscape design can ensure that existing and new trees are healthy long lived components in the urban environment, providing these benefits sustainably into the future.
Tree Environs integrated approach draws on our expertise in arboriculture and landscape design providing a wide range of planning and design services to assist you with your project.
Our team can assist with a wide range of projects from urban backyards to larger scale commercial, urban or public realm spaces, including:
air
OBJECTIVES SUSTAINABLE Landscaping
Livelihood provisions
Sustained ecosystem
services
Pollution, resources efficiency
Food and non-food products
performance measures
• Tonnes of co2
emitted
• Tonnes of products delivered
• Tonnes of biomass in landscape
• earned
Livelihood provisions
Sustained ecosystem
services
Pollution, resources efficiency
Food and non-food products
Important properties
• Measureable
• Easy to understand
• Applicable everywhere
• Applicable on any scale
Relevant to
‐ Sustainable development
‐ Climate change
‐ Food security
‐ Investment / Green growth
All measures stable or improving = Sustainable Landscape
This is what happens when we ignore the power of our naturalworld.
Indian Stamps issued for landscape……
foreignStamps issued for landscape……
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to
Charles Darwin