Green Gardening
Mary, Mary, quite eco-friendly, how does your garden grow? With rain barrels and compost bins, and native flowers all in a row. Like it or not, grass is bad. Take your pick – fescue, rye, bluegrass – they don’t belong in the Midwest, and they require vast amounts of resources to care for. Weed [...]
NATURE’S MIRACLE: Natural Yucca Shidigera Extract and ‘Go Green’ Gardening
 With the emphasis on all – natural, organic products for gardening in our ever – increasingly ‘Go Green’ world, consumers are searching the shelves for earth friendly gardening items. There are not an abundance of them – yet. However, there are some worth considering. Those with a natural extract of Yucca shidigera (Mohave yucca) added [...]
Jordan River Migratory Bird Habitat
Our project is located in South Jordan City, Utah and aims to restore 120 acres of Critical Migratory Bird Habitat on the Jordan River. During the past 10 years, TreeUtah has planted over 60,000 native seedlings on 90 acres of the site. TreeUtah’s ecological restoration team is responsible for the on-the-ground management of this vital [...]
Utilising composted greenwaste to create healthy soils on reclaimed brownfield land
A partnership involving Ecological Restoration Consultants working with Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), the Mersey Forest and the Clean Merseyside Centre has received a grant of £448,439 from the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) Regional Market Development Fund, to demonstrate the value of composted greenwaste in reclaiming brownfield land and thus helping to create [...]
RESTORATION OF DERELICT LAND – MAKING DERELICT BROWNFIELD GREEN
Excellent opportunities for the establishment of woodland are presented by a stock of derelict land. It is widely acknowledged that the establishment and development of Community Forests has made an important contribution to the regeneration of brownfield land, encouraging urban renaissance and regional investment. Nowhere is this impact more apparent than in the north west [...]