Much of Northeast Ohio has been turned into a managed landscape. So what should we manage for? The perfect, weed-free lawn that's dependent on chemicals? Or a more sustainable landscape that integrates our yards back into nature?
This section will cover efforts to restore the ecological health of the land in our own backyards.
Local resources
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Enviroscapes landscape design
Genius Loci Landscape Design
Good Nature organic lawn care
Holden Arboretum
Invasive plants in Ohio
Simple Yard Care
Ohio Prairie Nursery
Rain Garden Manual for Homeowners (PDF 2.4MB)
Salsbury-Schweyer landscape design
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes healthy lawn program
Native Plant Society of Northeastern Ohio
Urban Landscape Ecology Program - OSU
National resources
Plant for the Planet
