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Natural Landscaping Tool Kit
THE NATURAL LANDSCAPING ALTERNATIVE:
An Annotated Slide Collection
How to Use the Slide Collection
The Annotated Slide Collection contains 50 slides selected for their ability to define natural landscaping and explain its benefits, to illustrate applications of natural landscaping, and to demonstrate installation and management techniques.
The collection has not been conceived as a "slide show" but rather as a set of slides a user can select from to develop a presentation based upon his or her own needs. As a result, the annotations below are not intended to serve as a script but to provide background to assist in the development of a presentation.
The Natural Landscaping Tool Kit includes two other useful references: A Source Book on Natural Landscaping for Local Officials and a poster/brochure which promotes natural landscaping and summarizes the benefits of natural landscaping.
Slide Listing
- A Foundation for Natural
Landscaping
(slides 1-7) - The Benefits of Natural Landscaping
(slides 8-14) - Water Resource Management Benefits
and Techniques
(slides 15-25) - The Installation of Natural
Landscapes with Examples
(slides 26-41) - Controlled Burning as One
Important Maintenance and Management Technique
(slides 42-45) - Additional Settings for Natural
Landscaping
(slides 46-49) - What Local Officials Can Do to
Encourage Natural Landscaping
(slide 50)
CREDITS
This Annotated Slide Collection was prepared by the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under an assistance agreement. The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Environmental Protection Agency or the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission.
Photograph Credits:
- Andropogon Associates, Ltd.
- Applied Ecological Services, Inc.
- AT&T
- Butterfield Creek Steering Committee
- Chicago Botanic Garden
- Commonwealth Edison
- Conservation Design Forum, Inc.
- Illinois Department of Transportation
- Kane County Development Department
- Lucent Technologies
- Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission
- Olympia Fields Country Club
- Prairie Holdings Corporation
- Sears/Prairie Stone Business Park/John Buck Company
- Tellabs
- The Nature Conservancy