Sustainable Landscape Design: Definition taken from Landscaping Network 'The main goals of sustainable landscape design are to conserve water and energy, reduce waste and decrease runoff. In order to achieve these goals residential gardens should treat water as a resource, value soil, preserve existing plants and conserve material resources.'. Key factors within sustainable landscape design include the treatment of water- trying to collect water and create water storage such as a water but can be really useful as using rainwater to help with plants and harvest can help reduce the amount of water that is used up meaning there isn't as much as a higher demand for water, soil- soil is normally compacted which can lead to a whole host of problems including restricted plant growth and flooding as the soil can't absorb the water, using native plants- they are designed for that climate therefore they would require less watering and care, plants that are beneficial to wildlife- these can really help as they help provide food and habitats for wildlife for example plants that have nectar/ berries/ nest making materials
