About Us Products FAQs Participants Funders
Why Sustainable Sites Hydrology Soils Vegetation Materials Human Health & Well-being
Case Studies Case Study Images
Report Presentations Next Steps Pilot Program
Contact Us News Releases Email Updates

The Sustainable Sites Initiative is an interdisciplinary effort
by the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and the United States Botanic Garden
to create voluntary national guidelines and performance benchmarks for sustainable land design, construction
and maintenance practices.

After four years of development and public feedback, the Initiative has released the nation’s first rating system for sustainable landscapes. Click here to learn more. Test and help refine this rating system by applying to be a Pilot Project. Applications due Feb. 15, 2010.

Sustainable Facts

Desk workers who have a view of nature report greater job productivity and satisfaction and fewer absences from work.
  ~ Kaplan, 1993

SUSTAINABLE SITES CASE STUDY:
Malolepsy/Battershell residence garden
The Malolepsy/Battershell project is a small, renovated urban residential landscape in Portland, Oregon. The project objectives included reducing water use for irrigation, managing stormwater runoff, decreasing heat build-up from a concrete...
Learn more
See more case studies