Environmentally Conscious Landscaping

Published by Seamus Ford June 18th, 2008 in Commentary, landscaping.

In another article we talked about the idea of killing your front lawn. The idea being that in the United States a huge amount of resources go into keeping lawns green. 40 billions dollars is spent annually on 18 million acres of residential lawns in the United States.

The treatment and upkeep of those 18 million acres involves another 5 billion dollars worth of chemicals derived from petroleum. To give you an idea of what 18 million acres and 5 billion dollars represents that is 8 times bigger than Yellowstone National Park and 3 times the annual budget of the US National Park Service.

As part of walking the talk of Low Carbon Home, I share my experience of beginning the process of replacing my front lawn. This video was taken towards the end of two very long hot and dirty days of work.