Search engine visitors - click here to access entire web site "Dwarf shrubs are attractive and efficient landscaping plants" Click here to see a descriptive illustration of where to plant dwarf shrubs around a house. Q: I want to landscape my front yard and around my deck with decorative evergreen and flowering dwarf shrubs. What types are available and where should I locate them for the greatest energy efficiency? - L. P. A: There are hundreds of decorative evergreen and deciduous (drops ...

The Energy Column by Ken Sheinkopf Energy Efficient Landscaping "We're using the winter months to plan for some changes to our home in the spring. One thing I really want to do is plant a lot of new landscaping around the house and really make the place look nice. What do we need to consider from an energy standpoint?" It has been estimated that the right kind of landscaping can block the wind and shade the home enough to lower heating and cooling costs by as much as 30 percent. Because ...

How to Plan & Design a Wise-Water-Use Landscape Prepared by: M. A. Powell, Extension Specialist Horticultural Science T. M. Disy Information Specialist Published by: North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Publication Number:AG-508-2 Last Electronic Revision: March 1996 (JWM) Whether you are developing a new landscape or renovating an existing one, proper planning and design are important to ensure that your landscape will use water wisely and meet a ...

Energy Efficient Landscaping Ideas Energy-Saving Landscaping Seldom are utility and beauty so completely united as they are in the trees, shrubs, and other plants that compose the landscape. Parks, wooded home grounds, and tree-lined streets are essential not only to the spiritual and aesthetic pleasure of human beings, but also to their physical health and to the health of all the planet. Concerns about the environment, particularly about the increases of carbon dioxide in the atmospher ...