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We at Plan It Green Landscape Architecture, are designers and land planners with a strong inclination toward providing environmentally respectful plans and services. Here are some of the ecological planning and design principles that we strive for:

Conservation: Slow Down Material Consumption. Land use and site planning which conserve and promote diverse, healthy, native ecosystems.
Regeneration: Repair and Renew. Sustainable design and development which recycles existing resources, minimizing environmental impact.
Stewardship: Care of the Land and All Its Inhabitants. Low-impact management of the land for the benefit of all its inhabitants.

Ecological Design Goals

• Minimize destructive environmental impact
• Ensure the design: respects species diversity, minimizes resource depletion, preserves water cycle and maintains habitat quality
• Respond to the particulars of place: soils, vegetation, animals, climate, topo, water

We can provide Design with some of the following elements:

• Local water infiltration, bio-swales
• Native plant material
• Local materials to minimize transportation costs and stay "local"
• Porous pavements, minimize impervious surfaces
• Lawn alternatives
• Low maintenance landscape design
• Recycle materials
• Use low tech materials
• Creative grading to minimize cut and fill and erosion