Sustainable planting explained

Sustainable planting is an approach to planting design and landscaping-gardening.

Practical examples

• When creating new roads or widening current roads, the Nevada Department of Transportation will reserve topsoil and native plants for donation.^[1]
• The Grain for Green Program in China pays farmers to convert their retired farmland back into forests or other natural landscapes.^[2]

See also

• Sustainable landscaping
• Sustainable gardening
• Sustainable landscape architecture

Notes and References

1. Book: Guinn, Kenny C.. Pattern and Palette of Place: A Landscape and Aesthetics Master Plan for the Nevada State Highway System. Nevada Department of Transportation. 2002. Carson City, Nevada.
2. Book: Yuan, Zhen. China's Grain for Green Program A Review of the Largest Ecological Restoration and Rural Development Program in the World. Cham : Springer International Publishing. 2014. 978-3-319-11504-7.