Incorporating sustainable living practices into your life is more than just a choice. It’s an important practice for future generations as well. Sustainable landscaping practices refer to behaviors that help limit your use of our non-renewable resources. If you want to start these practices, we’ll outline several easy ways you can get started below.
Grow Your Plants in Pots
Maybe you don’t have the space for a garden or flower bed. If so, you can grow your plants in pots or containers. This works well for people who only have a deck, patio, or rooftop space for their outdoor living areas. You can grow herbs and vegetables with trellises to climb. It’s also possible to grow flowers that attract pollinators or use your potted plants as a nice, natural privacy screen.
Create Your Own Compost By Recycling
When you mow your yard, leave the grass clippings laying in the lawn instead of rounding them up. The grass clippings will start to decay and release nutrients back into your lawn. If you have dead or dying leaves, use them as a mulch mixture around your home. Coffee grounds, fish, and eggs all make excellent fertilizer additions too. You can create your own compost bin and use this instead of traditional store-bought fertilizer.
Watch and Limit Your Water Usage
Yes, you have to water your plants and landscaping for it to grow and stay healthy. But, there are things you can do to limit how much water you use. For example, you can collect water in a rain barrel and use this. If you have a fish tank, this water is excellent for your plants. Check your irrigation system regularly to make sure it’s in good working order if you have one. Consider installing a smart irrigation system that will automatically cut back on your water usage.
Create a Wildlife Habitat
You want to attract pollinators to your landscape because they are a natural way to spread your flowers. Start by adding plants that give you several foliage levels. Birds, pollinators, and small animals like to stay in places that use grasses, shrubs, and trees to create shelter and give them food. The birds can spread seeds, and small animals provide fertilizer.
Replace Problem Areas
Over time, you’ll find yourself switching your landscape up and swapping plants or shrubs out. Do you have areas that create chronic problems for you? Maybe they require pest control, large amounts of water, or more labor to keep them looking nice. If so, you can replace these areas with plants that are hardier and lower maintenance. This can include things like shrubs or small trees.
Create and Use Natural Fertilizers
When you use chemical fertilizers, it sinks into the ground, and it can contaminate water around it. A good sustainable landscaping practice is to create or buy natural fertilizers. These fertilizers use things like coffee grounds, fish parts, eggs, and other organic matter to enrich the soil without polluting it with chemicals.
Contact Evergreen Landscaping for Sustainable Landscaping Ideas
If you’re ready to make the switch to sustainable landscaping, contact us. Our staff is ready to help you design and implement a landscape design that is beautiful for years to come.