 |
|
|
Landscape Design
Thoughtful landscaping can accomplish everything that green building is intended to do: conserve natural resources, promote healthy living and lower maintenance requirements for homeowners. As a child my job was to cut the grass and we had a huge lawn. The process of maintaining the lawn, shrubs, trees, plantings and gardens became a burden that consumed an alarming amount of water, energy and time. Here are some of the landscape details we like to discuss with clients prior to construction:
- Collection systems that gather rain water from roof and store it for irrigation of lawn and plant beds.
- Reducing solar and wind exposure on certain areas of the home with strategic plantings.
- Coordination of native plantings and drought-tolerant species to conserve water, lower maintenance and decrease the need for pesticides.
- Installing soaker hoses to drip water on plant roots and properly mulching plant beds to help retain the moisture.
Back to Go Green Building and Design
|
|
|
Advantage Contracting, LLC •
12 Westbrook Rd •
West Hartford, CT 06107 •
Phone (860) 944-2659 •
Fax (860) 284-9060
|
|
|
|