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Sustainable Landscaping in HOA Communities: Saving Water, Lowering Costs, and Promoting Healthy Residential Environments

Sustainable landscaping protects the environment and preserves limited water resources, while keeping landscapes beautiful and healthy. Eco-friendly techniques used to maintain green spaces, lawns and gardens in sustainable landscaping include planting drought-tolerant native species that are adapted to local climate and soil, using organic materials instead of fertilizers to nourish soil, and water-efficient irrigation, which […]

The Money-Saving, Eco-Friendly Benefits of Xeriscape Landscaping

In the Southwest, where water is becoming more scarce with every passing year of Megadrought, xeriscaping has become the predominant landscape of choice. Water-wise and visually-appealing, xeriscaping is a landscape designed with native, drought-tolerant desert plants and succulents, colorful rocks, pavers and pebbled pathways, anchored by lacy ferns and graceful palms—an exotic alternative to water-guzzling […]

Practical Solutions for Water Efficiency: Charting a Course to Sustainability

Water is one of the world’s most precious resources, and managing it efficiently has become essential for organizations prioritizing sustainability and operational excellence. However, without a clear strategy, tackling inefficiencies can feel overwhelming. Our latest guide, The Water Efficiency Roadmap: Proven Strategies for Lasting Impact, provides a practical roadmap to help organizations pinpoint inefficiencies, implement […]

Enhancing Water Sustainability with Green Walls

Sustainable water management means using water in a way that meets social, economic, and ecological needs without depleting limited resources that would compromise the needs of future generations.   Water is life, critical to human survival. With global population exploding from 1.5 billion to nearly 8 billion in just the last 100 years, freshwater withdrawals have […]

How Trees Prepare for Winter: Understanding Dormancy, Cold Tolerance, and Winter Survival Strategies

As daylight hours begin to wane in late Summer, trees begin preparing for the oncoming Winter at the cellular level to increase their cold tolerance. Shrinkage, sugar concentration and dehydration are happening, and their metabolism slows as they enter a state of dormancy. By mid-Winter, they reach their adapted tolerance, their cells now hardened and […]