Low Maintenance Trending Amongst Sustainable
The American Society of Landscape Architecture reports that the tendency inward gardening is toward sustainable, low-maintenance gardens that are easier on the environs in addition to the gardeners themselves.
All of these ideas favored yesteryear survey respondents brand feel in addition to many should hold upward on the elevation of of our lists.
All of these ideas favored yesteryear survey respondents brand feel in addition to many should hold upward on the elevation of of our lists.
Here are the elevation x projection types alongside the expected highest consumer demand:
- Native plants (85 percent)
- Native/adapted drought-tolerant plants (83 percent)
- Food/vegetable gardens (79 percent)
- Fire pits/fireplaces (78 percent)
- Low-maintenance landscapes (78 percent)
- Permeable paving (77 percent)
- Drip/water-efficient irrigation (74 percent)
- Rain gardens (74 percent)
- Lighting (72 percent)
- Rainwater/graywater harvesting (71 percent)
“Consumers tending most designed landscapes that are attractive, slow to compass got tending of in addition to eco-friendly,” says Nancy Somerville, Hon. ASLA, executive vice president in addition to CEO of ASLA. “The survey shows that homeowners increasingly run into opportunities to meliorate the environs correct inward their ain backyard.”