Our landscaping program promotes landscaping practices that are less polluting, use less energy, generate less maintenance noise and, where appropriate, incorporate native plants, edible plants or lawn alternatives.

We invite people to think about why they have so much lawn and if they really want and use it all. We encourage folks who like lawns to have a "turf area" but not use lawn as a default, instead using native plantings or other lower maintenance plantings for the remainder. Lawns require frequent maintenance (energy use and noise), are often maintained with pesticides, irrigation and over fertilizing, and decrease biodiverity. Taking out even a small amount of one's lawn has a significant collective impact.

We also invite people to consider why we maintain commercial planting areas ("beds") as we do - with a high reliance on chemical pesticides and loud, polluting maintenance machinery.

Please note that this site currently has a large focus on landscaping with native plants. We are developing the edible, lawn alternative and organic lawn care aspects and will present them soon. Thanks for reading and enjoy! As always your questions and feedback are welcome.

The LP Team