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Benefits of Natural Landscaping, The
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- A guide explaining the economic, environmental, and community benefits of natural landscaping. (Landscaping.pdf)
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Illinois Lieutenant Governor's Office guide explaining the economic, environmental, and community benefits of natural landscaping. Natural landscaping is the planting or preservation of native vegetation in ways that help retain or augmentnatural landscape features, such as wetlands, prairies or woodlands. Natural landscaping can be applied in nearly any public green space, from parks to school grounds to municipal building lawns.
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- Land use, development, and construction: Architecture
- Land use, development, and construction: Housing
- NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
- Natural resources and the environment: Public lands
- Natural resources and the environment: Public lands: National parks
- Natural resources and the environment: Public lands: State parks and beaches
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.The Benefits OfNatural Landscaping Illinois Green Government Coordinating Council What Is Natural Landscaping? Natural landscaping is the planting or preservation of native vegetation in ways that help retain or augment natural landscape features, such as wetlands, prairies or woodlands. Natural landscaping can be applied in nearly any public green space, from parks to school grounds to municipal building lawns. The Benefits: Economic: Reduced Installation And Maintenance Costs When appropriately implemented and maintained, natural landscaping can reduce conventional landscaping maintenance costs by up to 90%. Seed costs for natural landscaping are comparable to those for traditional landscaping and costs for sod or the installation of vegetative plugs may be comparable or slightly higher. However, natural landscapes do not require the application of chemicals, frequent mowing and replanting, or costly installation and maintenance of the irrigation systems necessary to maintain tradi
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Illinois
Office of the Lieutenant Governor
Program: Illinois Green Government Coordinating Council
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Organization: Illinois Lieutenant Governor's Office
100 W. Randolph
Suite 15-200
Chicago, IL 60601-3220
Phone: 3128145220
Fax: 3128144862
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- Language(s): EN-English
- Creation Date (from issuing agency): 12 13 2005
- Document Modification Date (from issuing agency): 12 13 2005
- Date Accepted Into Depository: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:54:50 GMT
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