Sustainable Landscapes Make the Grade

摘要

Landscape design may seem intrinsically sustainable, but this is by no means a given. To encourage the application of sustainable design principles to landscapes, the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, and the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C., are jointly working on a new green rating system called the Sustainable Sites Initiative.