Musings, humor, and practical advice about sustainable landscaping and related subjects by the master of the craft: Landscape architect, educator, and author Owen E. Dell
Sustainable landscaping isn’t good enough. Here’s what we need to do.
Tags: conservation, consumption, ecosystem, energy, landscape, Landscapes, landscaping, LEED, Rain Barrels, Sustainability, Sustainable, William McDonoughSanta Barbara man gets back to nature, thanks to the awesome power of social media. Heartwarming story!
Water budgeting features on conventional irrigation controllers don’t meet the needs of plants and can result in damage to the landscape. Weather changes require altering the frequency of irrigation cycles, not the run times.
Rain barrels are the de rigueur item for urban eco-hipsters these days. They’re sold in every garden catalog, subsidized or given away by water districts, and touted by virtually every garden expert in creation as a way to reduce garden water use and be more “green.” There are rain barrel community workshops, rain barrel seminars, [...]
Kobe Mulch: Artisanal, Local, Sustainable The refined estates of the Santa Barbara area are set to become the latest beneficiary of the Kobe Mulch craze that’s suddenly sweeping America. Modeled on Japan’s famed Kobe Beef, Kobe Mulch is an artisanal mulch that’s produced from specially selected wood chips and subjected to a series of complex, [...]
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