Regenerative landscaping is growing in popularity amongst both homeowners as well as businesses as a way to try and refresh the space while still contributing to the environment in a more sustainable fashion. Unfortunately, the green lawns filled with lush grass and the more “norm” landscaping you see throughout neighborhoods and within commercial districts don’t often benefit the environment. That’s where regenerative landscaping comes in!
Understanding What Regenerative Landscaping Is
In short, regenerative landscaping is a way to try and heal and revitalize the environment. While traditional landscaping often focuses the most on aesthetics whereas regenerative landscaping focuses on thigs such as water conservation and restoring damaged ecosystems by promoting the growth of health and self-sustaining environments with native plants. The core of regenerative landscaping revolved around ecological restoration and has a do no harm mindset helping to try and restore environmental damage while still creating a beautiful landscape for both homeowners and commercial businesses to enjoy.
Unfortunately for many landscaping has become static spaces that have to fit within a “norm” of landscape designs that are bland and blank. This isn’t the case! Our landscaping designs can incorporate regenerative landscaping that truly acknowledges that your outdoor spaces are dynamic and continuously changing. Whether from changing climates, population pressures, droughts, etc. we can be the catalyst that helps heal the planet, nurturing our soils to allow stunning and local landscaping to truly thrive by working hand in hand with nature and allowing it to evolve and thrive naturally.
Ways to Incorporate Regenerative Landscaping
- Native Plants: Each area has its own eco-system and native plants that are designed and evolved to thrive in the specific climate. By choosing and planting native plants you are helping to maintain a healthy habitat for local wildlife and allowing the plants to truly thrive.
- Perennial Plants: Unlike annual plants perennials will come back year after year which are a staple in regenerative landscaping practices. Thanks to deep root systems perennials often help prevent soil erosion and can also help improve water retention while helping carbon sequestration.
- Water-Wise Plants: Water conservation is huge in regenerative landscaping and goes far beyond simply choosing drought-tolerant plants. Things such as rain gardens and properly draining soil also contribute to the “wise” use of water, one of our planet’s most precious recourses.
- Food Forests: If you live on acreage or have a large-scale project, then food forests are definitely worth exploring! Food forests are a full thriving eco-system that often include different trees, shrubs and plants that harmoniously blend together to create a self-sustaining productive ecosystem.
Benefits of Regenerative Landscaping
There are multiple benefits that come from incorporating regenerative landscaping that extends far beyond the landscaping within individual properties. The whole goal behind the practice is to try and help contribute to restoring our regional ecosystems and enhance the local biodiversity all while helping improve our planet’s air and water quality. In a world where habitat loss is at an all-time high and our soil is degrading, healing our planet is a must and it can start right in your own front yard!
As the awareness of environmental issues grow and more and more people are hoping to become involved in healing our planet, the need and even the want for regenerative landscaping is becoming a popular choice across the globe! Contact our team today to get a full look at how we can incorporate regenerative landscaping in a stunning design planned specifically for your home! By working together we can help create not only a beautiful landscape for your home or business, but we can help contribute to the health and well-being of our planet.