Landscape & Hardscape Design-Build

Landscape & Hardscape Design-Build - Jan 2012

However the return on investment for this work is a dynamic landscape This is a landscape that conserves water they have flowers in the springtime they have enhanced wildlife birds and beneficial insects and their property value is enhanced We have a lot of people from other neighborhoods walking down the street and looking at it they are amazed says Stivers The project is infectious says Drew Ready sustainable landscape program manager for the Council for Watershed Health Were finding neighboring communities are visiting for ideas and are replacing turf While the project cost was high Antos stresses that Elmer Avenue is a kitchen sink demonstration project that threw all the possible green options available into one location for research purposes Not all sustainability projects need all the bells and whistles to work effectively The right answers are not necessarily ones with high price tags he notes You can take any piece of this project such as the rain gardens or rain barrels or bioswales and improve things in a neighborhood or landscape The organization is at work creating seminars for landscape professionals contractors architects and designers to talk about the challenges and successes of the Elmer Avenue Neighborhood Retrofit project and demonstrate how to use some of the lessons learned in the project in their own businesses These seminars will highlight the ROIs that professionals can use to pitch their retrofit ideas to clients Ready says There are not only water quality and water saving benefits but financial benefits such as the increase in property value The author is a freelance writer from Keene N H TROW HOLDEN MASONRY SET CARBIDE MASONRY SET Features a Stone Buster hammer for splitting and striking a Masons Chipper for trimming and a Hand Point for roughing out 209 A great value and includes a Trow Holden t shirt MADE TO LAST SINCE 1890 IN BARRE VERMONT USA Trow Holden Company FINE STONEWORKING TOOLS 45 South Main Street Barre Vermont 05641 Toll Free 1 800 451 4349 In Vermont call 476 7221 www trowandholden com Call for a free catalog Insert 102 on page 21 Insert 121 on page 21 Insert 110 on page 21 JANUARY 2012 I Landscape Hardscape Design Build 19