GreenScapes
Techniques and resources for homeowners, large-scale landscapers, and commercial and government land managers. Includes fact sheets, tools such as cost calculators, and informational brochures:
Green Infrastructure
Includes cost effective and environmentally friendly approaches and techniques to reduce stormwater and other excess flows entering combined or separate sewer systems, using natural systems such as Green Roofs, Urban Forestry (Trees and Tree Boxes), Rain Gardens, and Grassed Swales to cleanse water and to reduce excess volumes by filtering and treating it using plants, soils and microbes.
Green Roofs
Includes information on mitigating urban heat islands using Green Roofs, Trees and Vegetation.
Green Landscaping Resources, Green Landscaping with Native Plants
Fact sheets, slideshows, and publications on natural landscaping with native plants.
WaterSense: Efficiency Made Easy
Includes information and resources on WaterSense labeled products, water conservation and calculator, and information on how businesses and organizations can partner with the WaterSense program.
Water-Efficient Landscaping: Preventing Pollution and Using Resources Wisely, U.S EPA (PDF) (19 pp., 1.64 MB)
Stormwater Best Management Practices - National Menu of Stormwater Best Management Practices
GreenScaping design strategies for meeting Phase II Stormwater requirements for Post-Construction Stormwater Management in new development and redevelopment. Includes fact sheets on Compost Blankets, Compost Filter Berms, and Compost Filter Socks.
Nonpoint Source Outreach Toolbox
Web-based resources to assist communities with watershed education and outreach activities. Includes a searchable catalog of print, radio, and TV ads and outreach materials and resources on lawn and garden care.
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Low Impact Development (LID)
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Greenscapes Massachusetts
A collaborative education and outreach effort. Find resources, techniques, and special offers for sustainable landscaping, including the Greenscapes Guide and email newsletter.
The Massachusetts Low Impact Development Toolkit, Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Includes fact sheets on Low Impact Site Design, roadways and parking areas, permeable paving, bioretention, vegetated swales, filter strips, infiltration trenches and dry wells, cisterns and rain barrels, and green roofs.
Smart Growth Toolkit, Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (EOEA)
Low Impact Development concepts, model bylaw, case studies, power point shows, brochure, and links
Rain Gardens: Reconnecting with the Rain, Massachusetts Riverways Program - Powerpoint Presentation (PDF) (32 pp., 2.92 MB)
A Homeowners Guide to Environmentally Sound Lawncare, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources - Pesticide Bureau, 1997, Reprinted 2007 (PDF) (26 pp., 1.48 MB)
Garden and Landscaping Water Conservation Tips, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA)
10,000 Rain Gardens
A Kansas City metropolitan area initiative to educate citizens about what they can do to improve water quality and manage stormwater on personal and community property. Includes information on rain gardens, rain banks, and other green solutions for managing stormwater.
Burnsville Rainwater Gardens
Rainwater gardens in Burnsville, Minnesota.
The Low Impact Development Center
A non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of Low Impact Development technology through research, training, planning, sustainable infrastructure design, and ordinance development. Find resources, news & events, publications, and projects, including:
Center for Watershed Protection
Resources include watershed planning, watershed restoration, stormwater management, better site design, installation of rain gardens, green roofs, and vegetative swales, and education and outreach.
New England Cooperative Extension Programs:
Find resources on ecological landscaping, gardening, soil testing, turf management, pesticide use and native plants. Also includes resources on rain gardens.
New England NEMO (Non-Point Education for Municipal Officials) programs
NEMO (Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials) provides information, tools/resources, education and assistance to local land use boards and commissions on how to accommodate growth while protecting natural resources and community character.
New England Wildflower Society
Promotes conservation of North American native plants through education, research, horticulture, habitat preservation, and advocacy.
Ecological Landscaping Association (ELA)
ELA is a nonprofit organization that advocates for environmentally responsible stewardship of land and natural resources in the landscaping and horticultural practices of professionals and the public.
Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA), Organic Land Care Committee
Contains educational resources on organic land care practices for homeowners and landscape professionals.
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
A not-for profit industry association working to promote the design and installation of green roofs throughout North America. |
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) GreenScapes program provides cost-efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for landscaping. The program is designed to help preserve natural resources and prevent waste and pollution by encouraging more holistic decisions regarding waste, water, chemicals, energy and land use. Use the regional and national links shown below to learn more about greenscaping practices.